Goucher’s Identity and Moving Forward
I took Peace Studies 124: Being Human my second semester on campus. As part of the course, we spent a lot of time discerning and reflecting on our values on both individual and group levels. With this, we also grappled…
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is beautiful
“Hello neighbor.” The first things we see and hear in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood should strike all the right pangs of familiarity. Set to the gentle, calming tinkles on a piano, we see the grainy film images of…
Ford v Ferrari: Dawn of Racecars
“James Bond does not drive a Ford.” “Well, that’s because he’s a degenerate.” This just feels like a throwback, doesn’t it? There’s something about Ford v Ferrari that evokes the days of cinema gone by, even though its closest analog…
Go go Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit is a movie that will confuse some, annoy more, and anger most. It’s an “anti-hate” satire that’s been accused by some of heinous bowdlerization; of being a “Heartwarming Holocaust feel-good flick” that ignores, or paves over, the atrocities…
Parasite infects American cinema with its brilliance
Man, the new movie by the guy who directed Snowpiercer is really picking up steam! …get it? Picking up steam? Because it’s from the same director who did Snowpiercer? The movie about the train that never stops? Get it? Ah,…
Harriet Tubman gets an origin story worthy of a superhero, but not a real person
Though the pendulum has been swinging for some time now, historical biopics about black women are rare. It must be said, though, that this one’s been coming for a while now. The story of Harriet Tubman – probably the most…
Doctor Sleep damn near put me to sleep
It’s almost hard to believe that The Shining was only Stephen King’s third book. He wrote it in the throes of alcoholism, in part as a way to purge his darkest demons. A horror story about an alcoholic writer who…
Letter About ACE
Dear President Kent Devereaux, I am writing to express my deepest concerns about the decision to lay off ACE staff members Peejo Sehr and Kay Beard. I am aware that the outcry about the staff cuts has not gone unnoticed,…
Is There Trouble at the Catalina Coast? A Take on the new macOS
In June of 2019, Apple hosted their annual conference, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), to discuss and reveal the updates coming to all of their products this fall. Among these update announcements, Apple announced the next major iteration of their…
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