RaeAnn Quick

Image from the film 'Nomadland' (2020). A woman with short hair wearing a blue t-shirt stands in front of a snow covered, mountainous landscape.

The Ethics of Filming Poverty: Who Has a Right to Tell ‘Nomadland’ (2020)?

By: RaeAnn Quick 25th Apr 202125th Apr 2021

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It is phenomenal that these stories are being told. However, what does it mean if they only tell a partial story, with little condemnation of the system that maintains it?

Image from the TV Series 'WandaVision'. Wanda and Vision sit side by side on a couch, both smiling at the camera. Wanda is wearing a dress with a large bow at the front and Vision a suit. The image is in black and white.

REVIEW: ‘WandaVision’ First Episodes Are an Awakening for the MCU

By: RaeAnn Quick 3rd Feb 20212nd Feb 2021

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WandaVision truly is an immersive, creative play on the way we experience both the MCU and the traditional American sitcom.

The poster for The Half of It. Paul (left) and Ellie (right) stare at the blurred out figure of Aster who is directly in front of them.

‘The Half Of It’ (2020): How to Craft Coming-of-Age for LGBTQ+ Youth

By: RaeAnn Quick 8th Aug 20206th Aug 2020

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For audiences to see themselves beyond every awkward misstep of their own teenage years, and instead be swept into an idealized adolescence is more than refreshing; it is needed.

REVIEW: After Parkland: Making a Highly Politicized Tragedy Personal

By: RaeAnn Quick 22nd Mar 202019th Mar 2020

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It is by no coincidence that the first time I watched After Parkland marked two years since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. . Not two and a half hours from my own high school at the time, Parkland was viscerally real. So real, that I poured over social…

REVIEW: ‘To All the Boys I Loved Before: P.S I Still Love You’ (2020) Shows How Rom-Coms Can Save The World

By: RaeAnn Quick 17th Feb 202022nd Mar 2020

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To many, romantic comedies are reduced to a string of endless cliches. How can someone fall in love so fast? How can they all reconcile after such bitter conflict in the second act? Why is there always a party in a large house that absolutely no one but an upper-middle class family can own?

REVIEW: ‘Church and State’ (2018) Represents Both Sides of the Argument With Compassion and Respect

By: RaeAnn Quick 23rd Jan 202022nd Mar 2020

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Church and State is a documentary focusing on a Utah court case that was led by an inexperienced gay man. Due to the pervasiveness of religion in the state, it was believed to not succeed. Despite all odds, however, the case succeeded in creating marriage equality, setting a legal precedent for the Supreme Court ruling in 2015.

Lesbian Love as Invention: Céline Sciamma’s ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ (2019)

By: RaeAnn Quick 10th Jan 202010th Jan 2020

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In Portrait of a Lady on Fire, art acts as its own metaphysical language.