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Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ more than earns its praise

(10/27/20 10:00am)

Moments into its opening scene, “Nomadland” invites us to witness a deeply private moment: after leaving behind most of her belongings in a remote storage post, Frances McDormand’s Fern pulls her white van onto the side of the road, runs out into a vast field, disrobes below her waist and relieves herself. It is a definitive moment in a film full of them, one that makes clear from the outset that “Nomadland” will be unsparing in its depiction of reality. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/10/chloe-zhaos-nomadland

“Youth”: the purpose of living and the meaning of death

(10/20/20 10:00am)

For those feeling trapped in quarantine, “Youth” is an invitation to a lush hotel in the Swiss mountains where retired composer Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his days wandering through verdant fields, getting massages and watching nightly performances from artists in every medium from opera to giant soap bubbles. Yet this idyllic vacation is marred: he is apathetic, his daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz) says, and he refuses to conduct or compose new music.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/10/youth-film-review

She made the lover’s choice: Film review of “Portrait of A Lady on Fire”

(10/13/20 10:00am)

“Portrait of A Lady on Fire” is a romantic drama film written and directed by French filmmaker Céline Sciamma. Set in a house in 18th-century Brittany, an island in France, the film tells the story of an unfruitful love between Héloïse, a daughter of an aristocratic family who is reluctantly being forced to marry an Italian courtier, and Marianne, a painter who is hired to paint her portrait. Sciamma challenges conventional feminism and lesbian love through sisterhood, female artisitc recreation and the genuine love accompanied with emancipation.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/10/film-review-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire

The good trouble, the good fight

(10/06/20 10:00am)

2020 has been a year of losses and challenges, whether it is the virus that surged across the world from the beginning of the year, or the escalated social tension that got its momentum in the summer. And while the United States is preparing for its presidential election, we were hit by the death of two champions of civil rights: Rep. John Lewis and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Oct. 1, Brandeis Film, Television and Interactive Media; the Department of African and African American Studies; the Department of History and and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund invited CEO of Participant David Linde, film director Dawn Porter and Professor Chad Williams (AAAS) for a discussion on the impact of the documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” and the relationship between arts and activism. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/10/the-good-trouble-the-good-fight

They came, they saw, they amused: The Jews came to Brandeis

(09/22/20 10:00am)

On Monday, Sept. 14, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies had its fall kickoff event: “The Jews are Coming to Brandeis: A Conversation with the Creators of Israel’s Hit Satire Series.” The event featured Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser, creators of the Israeli Academy Award-winning TV show “The Jews are Coming” (Ha-Yehudim Baim) in conversation with Shayna Weiss, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Currently in its fourth season, the show features sketches about Jewish history from biblical times to the present. Think “Horrible Histories,” but with an older target audience and darker, Jewish humor.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/09/the-jews-are-coming-to-brandeis

Music in the time of COVID-19

(09/22/20 10:00am)

It is unbelievable that, as a sophomore, I’ve spent half of my college experience so far in the COVID-19 pandemic. People call it the new normal, but it will never be normal. As many of us are physically hundreds of miles away, language becomes pale, and our interactions are limited to just a small box on our computer screen. As we are apart from our friends and family, I turn to music to find tranquility. In April, I attended the “Together At Home” online concert initiated by Lady Gaga. When I saw the number of attendees climbing up in the lower-left corner of the video, which showed that millions of people across the globe were attending this concert with me, I felt supported. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/09/music-in-the-time-of-covid-19

Behind the fetish: visibility, love and fashion of trans women

(09/15/20 10:00am)

My first impression of actress Dominique Jackson was that she was absolutely stunning. She was sitting comfortably in the chair with her legs crossed in an elegant pose and her body turning in an appropriate angle facing the audience. Jackson, the 45-year-old transgender advocate and actress, was invited by the Brandeis Film, Television and Interactive Media Program for a conversation on Sept. 10. In the next hour, she shared her stories as a fashionista and a proud transgender woman. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/09/conversation-jackson

Brave New World: Society as a machine and the pandemic outbreak today

(03/17/20 10:00am)

“Brave New World” is a dystopian novel written by Aldous Huxley back in 1931 when most of our grandparents were born. Yet, strangely, it is scary 90 years later. This book almost became a prophetic vision of what happened in some autocratic or even democratic societies today — the pursuit of utilitarianism and power play exactly as described in the book. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/03/brave-new-world-and-the-pandemic

Surviving 'Outbreak'

(03/17/20 10:00am)

This might be difficult so bear with me, but imagine you are lying on a couch at home, practicing “social distancing,” with the option between writing a paper that has now received its third extension or watching a movie. I was supposed to cover an arts event at school this weekend, but unfortunately, it got canceled, so I found myself in such a predicament, and me being me, I thought, “Netflix is exactly the type of escapism I need.”

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2020/03/surviving-outbreak