Madilyn Miller·May 27Review of Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” (2024)“We’re not talking about tennis, are we?”
Jays Geronca·Dec 13, 2025Challengers (2024) TRAILER REVIEW: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O’ConnorThe trailer begins with Tashi (Zendaya) listening in from a hotel door.
film roll 00·Aug 3, 2025Labubu Lies and Mike Faist’s Thighs: On Challengers, TikTok’s Performative Men, & Aesthetic AnxietyTashi Duncan would’ve had a Linkedin banner that says “Future #1.” Through obsessively meticulous sequences and (in my opinion) Oscar…
Avani Jain·Mar 2, 2025Oscar Snubs That HurtIt’s the Oscars season!!! A time for cinephiles to argue, predict, and pretend to be Academy insiders. My boyfriend and I have a ritual…
InSaoirse Ronan Deserves an OscarbyDave Wheelroute·Feb 28, 2025If I Was the Only One Who Voted for the Oscars, Vol. 7“We went somewhere really beautiful together.”A response icon1A response icon1
Archer·Feb 21, 2025“Captain America” and Cinematic MisunderstandingSeeing movies, getting movies, and Captain AmericaA response icon1A response icon1
Chris Reads·Feb 20, 2025Chekhov’s Gun: flattering the viewer versus subverting expectationsRussian playwright Anton Chekhov was quoted as saying “If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it…
InThe Creative CollectivebySturg Writes It Down·Feb 2, 2025The Ending of the Movie “Challengers” Got Different Reactions From UsMy partner and I took away slightly different things from the ambiguous ending, and I want to talk about thatA response icon3A response icon3
Julie Uszpolewicz·Jan 28, 2025Challengers 2024 Phi Magazine ReviewWhen Challengers came out, I was completely uninterested in seeing it. I don’t know much about tennis, I don’t like Zendaya, and I don’t…
Nina Bartholomeusz·Jan 14, 2025Luca Guandingino’s Challengers makes tennis sexy — A Challengers Movie ReviewGame. Sex. Match. Luca Guandingino’s Challengers is nothing short of beautiful, elegant, and dramatic. Tennis is often perceived as…A response icon1A response icon1
