Student Work: Criticism
If It Wasn’t For Wayne, It Wouldn’t Be
An analytical look at the career and influence surrounding one of the most iconic names in music.
The Antihero, as Seen on Reality TV
Like the Greek tragedy of its time, The Bachelor is one of the best modern portrayals of the human condition.
Violence Does Not Constitute Art
I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate
– Rev Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 April 1963
I’d heard of the MoMA PS1 long before I moved to Long Island …
Showing Love for the Mundane
A series of poems after Frank O'Hara attend to the "lost moments" of daily life in New York City
On the Reinvention of the Horror Genre
The psychological elements of Hitchcock’s "Psycho" remain crystallized in our cultural zeitgeist to this day, inspiring new generations of horror filmmakers. The rise of Jordan Peele, Ari Aster, and Robert Eggers signals a contemporary shift.
The Screen and Us
Jordan Peele's 2019 film makes a political statement with an unnerving horror, but the audience remains at a safe distance.
Don’t Be an Art Historian
"Bolero reminds me of something—not something I have forgotten but rather something I have never thought." Why knowing nothing about a work of art can aid appreciation.
In the Moment
If I like a film enough after the first watch, I think about it nonstop for weeks on end. I ponder the moments that made me shudder and gasp.
The Single Woman: From Spinster to Self-Partnered
The term 'self-partnered’ doesn’t suggest that we have to be alone, rather it softly reminds us that there is a value in being with ourselves.