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The Maneater

Columbia Art League’s ‘Devour’ romanticizes food’s human nature

Alex Goldstein March 5, 2024
Illusionary, clashing colors and varying shapes, almost those of a TV screen that’s been hit by a baseball, take the form of a man wearing glasses.
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REVIEW: Reggie Pearl’s distinctive vocals wow the crowd at Eastside Tavern’s sold out show

Zohra Basmadjian March 4, 2024
Eastside Tavern — a low-key bar packed with a vibrant myriad of pop culture — kicked off the 2024 True/False Film Fest with a night of lively guitar performances and strong vocals from St. Louis-based artists and bands.
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REVIEW: ‘Union’ shows a grassroots organization fighting against one of the biggest companies in the world

Kris Sand March 4, 2024
“Union” directors Stephen Maina and Brett Story follow the Amazon Labor Union in their fight for the ability to unionize in Amazon, a company known for striking down unionization efforts.
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REVIEW: Eastside Tavern’s Happy Hour serenades Columbia with R&B ambience

Elise Banks March 3, 2024
As the show was about to begin, J2M, also known as Joe2Morrow, welcomed audience members with a serenade consisting of intricate guitar playing and freestyle on the drums.
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REVIEW: ‘A Photographic Memory’ explores the philosophies of photography through the lens of motherhood and self-discovery

Sarah Woods March 3, 2024
When director Rachel Elizabeth Seed started making “A Photographic Memory,” she wanted to understand who her mother was.
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REVIEW: ‘Three Promises’ shares an eye-opening perspective into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Lola Jahant March 3, 2024
Director of “Three Promises,” Yousef Srouji, prefaced the film, shown at the 2024 True/False Film Fest, by telling the audience one thing: to think of the children of Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war and realize that they don't have the opportunity to leave like he and his family did.
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REVIEW: ‘I Like it Here’ is a delicate meditation on the passage of time

Ava McCluer March 3, 2024
How do we confront the inevitable questions about the ends of our lives?
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REVIEW: ‘Ibelin’ affirms the importance of online relationships

Bishop Lamm March 3, 2024
“Ibelin,” directed by Benjamin Ree, is a Norwegian film about the life of Mats Steen, a gamer with a degenerative muscular disease.
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REVIEW: ‘Daughters’ is a rollercoaster of emotions that is nothing but revolutionary

Emily Skidmore March 3, 2024
Men in freshly pressed, semi-formal attire sit shoulder to shoulder, waiting patiently against a concrete prison wall.
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REVIEW: Essay film ‘sr’ tracks careless human behavior through a peaceful animal species

Dylan Barbee March 3, 2024
The ancient Egyptians called a long-neck, golden furred animal “sr” within the drawings and hieroglyphs that were scattered across caves in the Sahara Desert.
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REVIEW: ‘As the Tide Comes In:’ Impotence in the face of catastrophe

Sterling Sewell March 2, 2024
Mandø is an island off the coast of Denmark — population 28.
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Global conflict and individual perspective intertwine at upcoming True/False Film Fest

Boo May and Aurora Nicol February 29, 2024
It's no secret that conflict drives the media we consume.