Caitlin Mannering

Nov 22, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Karcin Hagi |Emma Francois |Caitlin Mannering |Samantha Tritt

Good news! The wait for the release of Wicked (2024) is dead! The longstanding acclaim for the original stage production caused much rumor and speculation (innuendos and outuendos, even) about its ability to live up to the well-loved musical. However, director Jon Chu approached this film with the reverence this project commanded.

Jul 15, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Christina Pan |Amy Guay |Isabel Hwang |Caitlin Mannering

“Some of them want to abuse you / Some of them want to be abused” so opens Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest unhinged arthouse film, with the 1983 earworm “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” The Eurythmics’ pounding bass beat blasts in the background, inducing a sour, throbbing headache that sets an ominous tone for the rest of the film. Kinds of Kindness (2024) is a three-part movie with a three-hour runtime, with each story getting progressively more wild, suffocating, and strangely universal.

Feb 2, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Elspeth Campbell |Caitlin Mannering |Amy Guay |Steven Frost

In a year of cinema characterized by ironic juxtapositions—“Barbenheimer” and, to a less ubiquitous but arguably more memeable degree, “Saw Patrol”—it is no wonder that a film which is both comedy and drama, inspires both fear and nostalgia, and is both serious and tongue-in-cheek, feels undeniably current.