Tag: Critique

Can Netflix Critique Itself? (ft. Black Mirror)

Netflix recently launched its sixth season of the anthology series Black Mirror, and its inaugural episode, Joan Is Awful, is quite a doozy. The episode is a bit of self-parody where a Streamberry viewer (i.e. a viewer from a platform very similar to Netflix) named Joan watches i...

“Love in the Bin — Banksy” Exhibition Critique

To be blunt, from the moment I stepped into the reserved waiting area, purchased my ticket, queued for entry, and eventually walked out of the exhibition space, all that lingered in my mind was a sense of disappointment and frustration. The sight of red balloons spinning in my field of vision felt l...

10 Years Later, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is Still a Scathing Critique of American Society

As the world anxiously awaits the arrival of Martin Scorsese’s latest epic, the three-and-a-half-hour The Killers of the Flower Moon, some enthusiastic cinephile is probably going through his entire oeuvre right now. It’s easy to log the early classics like Taxi Driver (19...

Under Critique

Yesterday while scrolling through Instagram, I came across a striking photo of a girl. As I glanced at the comments section, I noticed some remarks about her body, suggesting she was too skinny and urging her to eat more for a healthier physique. Though most comments were well-intentioned and friend...