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Film Society x The Student

Three for Three: Reviewing “The Christophers”

Three for Three: Reviewing “The Christophers”

In his latest low-key indie, Steven Soderbergh turns inward with “The Christophers,” a spare, incisive meditation on art, mortality, and creative disillusionment. Staff Writer Harry Finnegan ’28 discusses how this film emerges as a personal, self-reflexive work that only Soderbergh could deliver.

Memos From the Film Society: “The Testament of Ann Lee”

Staff Writer Harry Finnegan ’28 shares his thoughts on “The Testament of Ann Lee,” a musical biopic about the female leader of the Shaker movement. In his review, Finnegan discusses the integrity of the plot, as well as the performances of the actors and the director's creative choices.

Memos From the Film Society: “One Battle After Another”

Memos From the Film Society: “One Battle After Another”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is one of the year’s most acclaimed films, hailed by many as an instant classic. In his review, Staff Writer Harry Finnegan ’28 examines the film to uncover what its widespread acclaim reveals about how we define cinematic greatness.

Memos From the Film Society: “Twinless” Reviewed

Memos From the Film Society: “Twinless” Reviewed

From grief to obsession, mirrors to missed connections, “Twinless” isn’t your typical twin story. Contributing writer Harry Finnegan ’28 dips into the striking dual performance in this rising film that embodies loneliness and the search for missing halves.

Nostalgia for Nostalgia, Reviewing the Movie “Eephus”

While trying to write about baseball movies, Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 invokes Greek etymology, Samuel Beckett, American cultural imperialism, and Lao-Tzu to say something about the slipperiness of nostalgia.

Film Society x The Student: “Wicked”

Caden Stockwell ’25 reviews the long-awaited cinematic adaptation of “Wicked,” critiquing its disconnection to the joy of the original “The Wizard of Oz” but praising the two leads’ performances.

Film Society x The Student: “Hundreds of Beavers”

In this week’s Film Society review, Max Feigelson ’27 argues that 2022’s “Hundreds of Beavers” is the perfect synthesis of slapstick comedy and video games.