Film Review: Blood Quantum (2019)
The story of “Blood Quantum” begins in 1981 on the Red Crow Indian Reservation in Quebec, Canada.
When fisherman Gisigu discovers gutted salmon that come back to life, he immediately calls his son Traylor, the sheriff on the reservation. Traylor, who just came back...
Film Review: West Side Story deserves Best Picture
In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the film industry. Films scheduled for 2020-21 got stuck in limbo (Morbius, Top Gun: Maverick); big and small theatres faced bankruptcy, and the paradigm shift of theatrical releases to streaming has only begun.
The 94th Academy Awards...
OP-ED: Stop teaching students to study Shakespeare
As a future teacher and an English major with a propensity to take many Shakespeare courses, I often think about how, if given the opportunity, I would teach my future students to study Shakespeare.
I have come to the simple conclusion that I will not.
Many...
Saltburn is a shocking yet hilarious black comedy psychological thriller Emerald Fennell’s second film proves to be a tour-de-force and a brilliant social satire
If one adjective can describe Barry Keoghan, the most appropriate word would have to be “otherworldly.”
The 31-year-old Irish actor is a rather unconventional leading man type that Hollywood has discovered in recent years. Indeed, his pale, boyish features make him look far younger than...
My brain is about to explode
Have you ever tried to stuff a crazy amount
of marshmallows in your mouth all at once?
That’s how my mind is working right now
Life, family, school, and what I would call "other" are jam packed into my mind
I’ve been told to breathe, you got this...
Indigenous film festival returns for winter 2022
The success of the first Indigenous Film Festival brings UNBSJ the event again, running from January 25 to March 24.
Once again, the festival will be hosted by the Lorenzo Society, the UNB-SRC, Eastern Circle Saint John, and UNB Saint John. There will be no...
Movie Review: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Mandarin and the ten rings organization were some of the oldest villains that came to the Marvel universe. The Mandarin was introduced through the Iron Man movies but by the end of the third film of the franchise, the talk related to Mandarin had...
How nostalgia inspires the culture of re-watching television series and films
Feeling nostalgia through cinema and visual arts is a prominent emotion that arises when one is presented with representations of something from the past, whether it was a lived experience or one resulting from the phenomena of re-watching material.
In the age of streaming...
We are not petting zoos
People think that they can just come up to us and
Touch our hair because it’s different
Black peoples hair is important
It let us out of slavery
It created a bond between mother and daughter
Barber and black men unite
Made us a stronger people
Wig, braids, cornrows, natural, straightened
Hair...