Entertainment

How Disney’s “Mulan” (2020) fell short of both Western and Eastern audiences’ expectations

How Disney’s “Mulan” (2020) fell short of both Western and Eastern audiences’ expectations

Rachel Hsu

The live-action remake of “Mulan” tries to incorporate many new elements with good intentions, but ultimately, the movie is poorly executed. It doesn’t work as a film that elicits nostalgia, it doesn’t work as a historical drama that explores Chinese culture, and it doesn’t even work well as a standalone film considered completely separate from the original. 

THE PROSPECT | 10/20/2020

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USG Movie Review: The Harrowing Beauty of “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018)

USG Movie Review: The Harrowing Beauty of “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018)

Amy Ciceu

Based on the seminal James Baldwin novel of the same name, Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018) mesmerizes viewers with Jenkins’ Academy Award-winning directing, the actors’ poignant performances, and composer Nicholas Britells’ rich, melancholy score.

THE PROSPECT | 10/18/2020

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USG Movie Review: Damien Chazelle’s La La Land and the Art of Making Art

USG Movie Review: Damien Chazelle’s La La Land and the Art of Making Art

Rebecca Cao

“La La Land” is more than just its plot — Chazelle tells Mia and Sebastian’s story, with its themes of dreams, reality, relationships, facades, and sacrifice, by manipulating colors, lighting, camera direction, and music. 

THE PROSPECT | 10/13/2020

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USG Movie Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

USG Movie Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Tiana Ruden

Thanks to Spike Lee’s masterful directing, a bold screenplay, and an all-star cast, “BlacKkKlansman” combines absurdity, dark humor, and horror into a nuanced commentary on social issues through the true story of a Black police officer leading an undercover mission to infiltrate the country’s most notorious white supremacist organization.

THE PROSPECT | 10/08/2020

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Queueing Up Some Quarantunes: Prospect Recommendations, Week Three [Spotify Playlists]

Queueing Up Some Quarantunes: Prospect Recommendations, Week Three [Spotify Playlists]

Daily Princetonian Staff

Living in a global pandemic leaves you with little to do to keep yourself entertained. To help combat impending boredom, Prospect has launched a series in which our Staff recommend content and creative outlets to keep you occupied while you’re stuck in your home. This week, our writers and editors curated some fabulous playlists for you to jam out to during studying. Here are the songs we recommend that you listen to during quarantine.

THE PROSPECT | 04/23/2020

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Tigers and TikTok

Tigers and TikTok

José Pablo Fernández García

The world we live in is undoubtedly changing in various facets day by day, and how we socialize and connect with our communities is no exception. For at least some Princeton students, TikTok is taking on an increasingly prominent part of their social lives as our campus community is spread out across the world. 

THE PROSPECT | 04/12/2020

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Womanhood, Love, and the Gaze in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Womanhood, Love, and the Gaze in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Paige Allen

Currently showing at the Princeton Garden Theatre, Céline Sciamma’s latest film “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” (translated as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) explores the dialectics of artist/subject, love/beloved, and viewer/viewed, presenting them as fluid and reciprocal. In the act of viewing, the film posits, oneself is viewed.

THE PROSPECT | 03/10/2020

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USG Movie Review: ‘The Social Network’

USG Movie Review: ‘The Social Network’

Sreesha Ghosh

Today, I have aspirations of being a screenwriter — and Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Network’ is precisely the reason why.

THE PROSPECT | 02/25/2020

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The bittersweet paradox of ‘Parasite’ and the Oscars

The bittersweet paradox of ‘Parasite’ and the Oscars

Cameron Lee

A closer examination of the politics of “Parasite” and its Oscar success reveals the extremity of Western culture’s global influence and Hollywood’s domination of the film industry, and it inadvertently sets a standard for foreign countries that desire inclusion in the glamour and prestige of the Academy Awards.

THE PROSPECT | 02/20/2020

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