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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

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Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal star in Ari Aster's "Eddington."

‘Eddington’ review: Ari Aster’s political satire lacks commitment

The chaotic western comedy dives headfirst into the turbulence of 2020 — but while it satirizes America’s fractured institutions and culture wars, it often trades depth for spectacle.
April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / July 18, 2025

It is inevitable that “Eddington” will be as polarizing as the year it takes place in: 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd, calamitous economic disruption, mass civil rights protests...

'Jurassic World: Rebirth' review: Dinosaurs look cool. What else is new? Not much.

‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ review: Dinosaurs look cool. What else is new? Not much.

The film might offer impressive visuals but little else, rehashing the franchise’s original formula without fresh ideas or emotional weight.
April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / July 5, 2025

I get the appeal of a series like “Jurassic World” on a conceptual level. The first film, directed with grace by Steven Speilberg off an airtight script written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp,...

Why are we so obsessed with hot villains?

Why are we so obsessed with hot villains?

Jacqueline Yeager, Contributing Writer / June 3, 2025

Joe Goldberg has stalked, manipulated and murdered his way through five seasons of the television show “You,” but on social media, he’s just misunderstood. Or worse: desirable. Scroll through TikTok...

Kaitlyn Santa Juana stars as Stefani in Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein's "Final Destination: Bloodlines." The legacy sequel for the iconic horror franchise sees Stefani haunted by a decades' long curse which threatens her entire family.

Doom runs in the family in ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / May 26, 2025

Following in the rebooted footsteps of its sister horror franchises “Halloween,” “Hellraiser” and “Evil Dead,” the “Final Destination” series is back from the dead after fourteen years...

‘Friendship’ review: Tim Robinson makes his mid-life crisis everyone’s problem

‘Friendship’ review: Tim Robinson makes his mid-life crisis everyone’s problem

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / May 19, 2025

Running is a very vulnerable act. Excluding people who run consistently or the freaks who make it their entire personality, I’m talking about your everyday person who probably doesn’t run very often....

Dalton Thompson, a customer, looks through records at Terror Vision on Thursday, May 1, 2025. The Southport pop-up sells DVDs, records and merchandise.

Terror Vision: Seeing film rentals in a new light

Brielle Kohlbeck, Content Managing Editor / May 5, 2025

Listen up physical media fans: this isn’t your mother’s Blockbuster. Southport’s newest pop-up, Terror Vision Records & Video, is a fully functioning DVD and VHS rental that opened April 11....

The 2025 CineYouth Film Festival sign hangs over the entrance on Friday, April 25, 2025. The festival  was held from April 25-27 and focused on the work of filmmakers 22 and younger across a variety of different genres

CineYouth film festival hosts student films from across Chicagoland

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / May 5, 2025

Just down the street from DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus on Fullerton Avenue, a crowd of young cinephiles and filmmakers swarm in the lobby of the Facets Theater. The space, which operates both as a waiting...

Director Ryan Coogler speaks with actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo on the set of “Sinners.” The film, an action-horror story set in the Depression-era south, was shot on 70mm IMAX film cameras, allowing for a more open frame.

‘Sinners’ review: A tried and true vampire story with a blast of personality

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / April 21, 2025

While the idea of the vampire has been an omnipresent cultural fascination since Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” debuted in 1897, there’s been a noted fixation on the monster in recent years. Long gone...

‘A Minecraft Movie’ review: If 'Lord of the Rings' was directed by Mr. Beast

‘A Minecraft Movie’ review: If ‘Lord of the Rings’ was directed by Mr. Beast

Sam McCarthy, Contributing Writer / April 14, 2025

In the pilot episode of Seth Rogen’s new Apple TV+ series “The Studio,” Rogen plays the newly-appointed creative chief of the fictional Continental Pictures, who’s given a ludicrous mandate from...

The Gene Siskel Film Center sits on State St. on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Writer and director Paul Schrader was accused of sexual assault.

‘An Evening with Paul Schrader’ at Gene Siskel Film Center cancelled in wake of sexual assault allegations

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / April 7, 2025

Editor’s Note: This story mentions sexual assault.  Early on Friday morning, a story debuted from The Independent which described a civil court case against writer and director Paul Schrader, detailing...

Director Michael Shannon stands with DePaul alumna Judy Greer on the set of "Eric LaRue." Shannon directed the film based on a script from professor Brett Neveu.

Michael Shannon and Brett Neveu embrace the oddness of existence in ‘Eric LaRue’

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / April 7, 2025

Around midday on March 16, two men in their 50s sat at the far end of a featureless gray table on the third floor of the Gene Siskel Film Center. The man on the left, Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon,...

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