The Mothers of Wes Anderson’s Oeuvre

Sydney Stewart RoseDecember 22, 2017

The dynamics of family life are central to the films of American auteur Wes Anderson. One recurring theme in his films is the struggle of the Baby Boomer genera...

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The Sacred of Sisterhood in ‘Mustang’

Emily BartonDecember 21, 2017

Someone once told me that Mustang (2015) is like the Turkish version of Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides (1999), but I think that comparison does Mustang a g...

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Beyond the Romance: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and the Importance of Family

Ellie BerryDecember 20, 2017

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Thus begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Au...

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Strangers in A Strange Place: Family in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and ‘Star Trek: Discovery’

Ann FosterDecember 19, 2017

Star Trek is a property that has always valued both diversity and acceptance as two of its core principles. Each iteration of the series has brought us increasi...

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Godfatherhood: Two Approaches to the Familial in ‘The Godfather Part II’

Mary BoltonDecember 17, 2017

“Tell me something, Ma. What did Papa think—deep in his heart? He was being strong—strong for his family. But by being strong for his family, could he lose it?”...

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‘Stranger Things’ 2 Finally Gives Eleven the Family She’s Been Searching For

Kara HedashDecember 14, 2017

Before even diving into the second season of Netflix’s groundbreaking hit Stranger Things, fans were relieved to know that Eleven would be back. Based on the se...

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Examining ‘Paddington’ Through Roland Barthes’s ‘Camera Lucida’

Emma KearneyDecember 12, 2017

With his red bucket hat and blue toggle-button coat, Paddington Bear exists in a character space somewhere between school-age child and wild animal, like simila...

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Learning to Love My Less-Than-Traditional Family Through TV

Angeli PinedaDecember 7, 2017

It was a Thursday morning in August that seemed chillier than usual. The last of summer was shedding its skin and both the trees and I prepared for colder times...

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I Turned My Relationship with My Mom into A Web Series

Rachel CairnsDecember 6, 2017

The friend zone: a term used in dating culture to describe a less-than-ideal situation where one party is open to an intimate relationship and the other activat...

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Editor’s Note: Family

Sydney UrbanekDecember 3, 2017

A lot has happened regarding women in film since we published our last issue in September, and it would feel wrong not to address that in this note. For Reel...

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