“Chernobyl”: How We Respond to Crises and Why it Matters

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film Contagion is seeing a major revival. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has seen the film, given its ultra-realistic portrayal of the global spread of a virus. The film has become more relevant than ever before and audiences and critics are beginning …

Stranger Than Fiction: A Review of “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness”

With social distancing protocols now firmly in place, I ’ve had no problems justifying one of my favorite solo activities: binge-watching obscure documentaries at random hours of the day. Plus, I’ve found that doing so has been therapeutic- its kept me temporarily distracted from the horrors of the outside world, and I was able to …