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Fashion   -   Apr 01, 2025 Pedro Politics: Julie Vision
Pedro Politics: Julie Vision

In a tenuous era of cultural history, some divas just can't be silenced.

by Umnia El-Neil
Film   -   Mar 19, 2025 Materialists: The Tides have Turned
Materialists: The Tides have Turned

Ma'am, he's literally Rich!Pedro Pascal.

by Umnia El-Neil
The Case   -   Mar 15, 2025 The case for Gen Z’s Sex Scene Repulsion
The case for Gen Z’s Sex Scene Repulsion

There are methods to our madness.

by Umnia El-Neil
Opinion   -   Mar 03, 2025 Oh…!: UMNIA’s Academy Awards 2025 Post-Mortem
Oh…!: UMNIA’s Academy Awards 2025 Post-Mortem

This is an opinion piece, I promise. So, I slept through the Oscars last night. This was mostly apathy, and the fact that I didn’t want to witness an Emilia Pérez sweep live and in glorious technicolor. The universe seems to have taken mercy on me and given it

by Umnia El-Neil
Feb 11, 2025 My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review
My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review

This review comes to us from our On-The-Ground correspondent and Santa Barbara native, Jack O’Mahoney. This is a propaganda film. Let me explain. For a political documentary centering on the fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and clearly produced for a “Western” (likely US American) audience, My Stolen Planet

by Jack O'Mahoney
Feb 05, 2025 Fantastic Four First Foreshadowing and Forethought, or something.
Fantastic Four First Foreshadowing and Forethought, or something.

It is well known that the most beloved and high-ticket Marvel characters and franchises are often the sight of much drama and failure. Being such valuable IP, they tend to be munched on by less-than-understanding studio executives who squeeze the life out of the thing until there isn’t much

by Umnia El-Neil
Opinion   -   Dec 19, 2024 ‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)
‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)

When a film was well received this year, it was usually because it was channelling the anger and frustrations of those who have been left behind. This wasn’t your usual raft of ‘Diversity Hires’ or “The value of Diverse Storytelling”-ass movies. These films were specific, working things out

by Umnia El-Neil
May 24, 2024 ‘Hit Man’, and the new Low-Mid Budget Era
‘Hit Man’, and the new Low-Mid Budget Era

There is something so fulfilling about being right, and there, and on it, and around, and paying attention. I have been a fan of Linklater’s for a while now, and especially his approach to filmmaking resonates with me deeply. There is, simultaneously, a seriousness and irreverence that means he

by Umnia El-Neil
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