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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Music Box Theatre on front lines of battle for film

Music Box Theatre on front lines of battle for film

Nate Burleyson, Online Managing Editor March 8, 2020

Julian Antos spent his childhood in movie theaters around Chicago. And now, he spends his days working in one of the city’s best movie theaters, The Music Box Theatre on 3733 N. Southport Avenue in Lakeview...

Kelsey Mann, the head of story on the new Pixar movie ‘Onward.’

The DePaulia interviews head of story of Pixar’s ‘Onward’

John Cotter March 8, 2020

A good story is only as powerful as the collaborative minds behind it. If any animation studio in America has actively shown this rather than just telling audiences it is Pixar. A plethora of award-winning...

Whats fresh on Netflix

What’s fresh on Netflix

Ella Lee and Keira Wingate March 1, 2020

Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Lincoln Rhyme was the best forensic criminologist in New York — until his ego got the best of him while chasing an infamous serial killer,  the ‘Bone...

Mark Cuevas looks off in the distance while talking to a potential suiter.

REVIEW: ‘Love is Blind’ revamps dating show formula, ‘brilliantly bonkers’

Lacey Latch, Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2020

As a hopeless romantic who seems to be perpetually single, I know my way around reality dating shows – they offer the perfect balance of reinforcing that love is in fact real and that I am still not...

The Invisible Man

REVIEW: Latest remake of ‘The Invisible Man’ eerie in more ways than one

Keira Wingate, Arts & Life Editor March 1, 2020

The latest version of “The Invisible Man” offers a new take on 1987 novel by H.G Wells, that was given its first adaptation in 1933 with the original movie directed by James Whale. Here, there is basically...

Character is key to Pixar’s timeless stories

Character is key to Pixar’s timeless stories

Nate Burleyson, Online Managing Editor March 1, 2020

The most successful film studio of the past few decades is without question Pixar. The animation studio’s films have never opened less than an A- on Cinemascore, and have all made over $330 million at...

HBOs High Maintenance.

On ‘High Maintenance,’ characters are expendable, but essential

Shane René, Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2020

No matter the medium or the genre, characters are essential to storytelling; they are the heart and soul of any good film or TV show. If the writers and directors can’t get you to care about a character's...

Avenue 5

REVIEW: ‘Avenue 5’’s blend of science fiction and comedy is accessible — and kinda scary

Shane René, Editor-in-Chief February 24, 2020

I’ve always been repelled by the science fiction genre. All those spaceships and aliens and pseudo-scientific jargon — it’s nauseating. It always felt so childish and repetitive.  But maybe I’m...

“Hair Love,” directed by Matthew A. Cherry, details a father doing his daughter’s hair for the first time. The short film won an Oscar.

Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ pulls heartstrings, celebrates Black hair

Chinyere Ibeh, Music and Film Critic February 24, 2020

“Hair Love,” a seven-minute animated film written and directed by Chicago native Matthew A. Cherry, is a story of a father doing his daughter’s hair for the first time. The short film has a brilliant...

REVIEW: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ brings witty entertainment

REVIEW: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ brings witty entertainment

Lauren Coates February 23, 2020

Although there will certainly be higher-grossing films this year, there are few other 2020 releases that have generated as much pre-release discourse as “Sonic the Hedgehog.” I’m speaking, of course,...

Margot Robbie in Birds of Prey.

REVIEW: ‘Birds of Prey’ cluttered, lacks meaningful content

John Cotter February 16, 2020

After “Joker” became the first R-rated film to garner over $1 billion at the global box office (and to earn eleven Academy Award nominations), eyes have been understandably  focused on this mature...

Michael Block (Lakeith Stanfield) Mae Morton (Issa Rae) star in the new romanace drama, “The Photograph.” Here, they have their first kiss during  their first date.

‘The Photograph’ features soulful, artistic performances

Keira Wingate, Arts & Life Editor February 16, 2020

It is hard to make romance movies today without over saturating the screen with corniness, and show what seems to be a completely unrealistic reality. “The Photograph” brings reality into love in an...

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