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The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Film Review: 'Midsommar'

Film Review: ‘Midsommar’

Tali Duarte, Assistant Magazine Editor March 30, 2020

“Midsommar,” directed and written by American filmmaker Ari Aster, is a film you don’t want to watch with your boyfriend. The psychological horror film was so immensely disturbing, it made movie...

Illustration by Triston Simpson

Film Review: ‘The Platform’

Jansen Bean, Contributing Writer March 30, 2020

In the classic film adaptation of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the hero of the story, Atticus Finch, tells his daughter Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things...

Movie Review: 'Parasite'

Movie Review: ‘Parasite’

Tali Duarte, Assistant Magazine Editor February 25, 2020

*Spoiler Alert* “Parasite,” directed by South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, is a cinematic masterpiece that has paved the path for foreign films in American theaters. After winning the Golden...

Photo courtesy of UTSA

COED FILM

Kaylee Boggan September 19, 2018

Lorena Claeys, executive director and research associate for the college of education and human development academy for teacher excellence, created a film called “Con Ganas” that highlights five inspirational...

Image of a book.

Book Review: Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer

Sydney Lamoureux March 30, 2018

In journalist Kayleen Schaefer’s novel Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship, the history and future of female friendships are explored and celebrated through...

Last year’s StreetFatale Volume I event at Movement Gallery. Photo courtesy of Carmen Peña

Femme on film

Mackenzie Dyer January 18, 2018

Lady led street photography exhibit returns to SA   Often underestimated and from different backgrounds, the women of StreetFatale have come together to share their voice and beauty through street...

Violinist Anton Miller playing his violin during silent film. Benjamin Shirani/The Paisano

UTSA hosts Silent Film Classics with Strings Attached on main campus

Ben Shirani January 25, 2017

On Friday night the UTSA Recital Hall, located in the Arts Building, hosted an evening of silent films accompanied by live stringed instrument performances from The Miller-Porfiris Duo. The event was...

Poster for suicide awareness. Photo by Raquel Zuniga

Film ‘No Letting Go’ sheds light on mental illness

Raquel Zuniga January 25, 2017

As we enter 2017, our society is becoming more open to different topics with ourselves and each other, but unfortunately, we still stigmatize mental health illness. One in five people, male and female,...

A scene from the film: Dante’s Inferno (1935)

Film Sprockets: Dante’s Inferno (1935)

Aidan Watson-Morris September 20, 2016

I am fascinated by the weird, the old, and especially the weird and the old. It is often hard to think of the old as weird, at least when the artifacts of the old are still prominent today, because its...

Photo Courtesy of Kino Lorber

‘Mountains May Depart’ resists ease

Aidan Watson-Morris March 29, 2016

  Like any film ambitious in scope, “Mountains May Depart” is difficult to summarize. The elevator pitch is woefully inadequate: a love triangle threatens to separate childhood friends...

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‘Hail, Caesar!’

Aidan Watson-Morris March 29, 2016

  Joel and Ethan Coen (“Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “A Serious Man”) have been responsible for some of the most unique films of the past few decades. Their latest, “Hail, Caesar!,”...

’45 Years’

Aidan Watson-Morris March 22, 2016

Review: “45 Years” “45 Years” is an object lesson in the art of patient filmmaking. The story focuses on the Mercers, an aging couple (played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) about to...

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