Mariana Fabian
Mari's love of film started when she first saw Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1991) as a young dinosaur fanatic. She went on to study Film at NC State University, which solidified her long-lasting passion for talking about movies and watching them. She connected with award-winning director Catherine Argyrople as a student, which prompted their creative collaboration in the feature film, Growing Pains (2024), which is available to stream on Tubi. Fabian is passionate about the preservation of physical media, as a collector of DVDs, magazines, and newspapers. She is inspired by the work of Cheryl Dunye, Jordan Peele, and Karyn Kusama.
‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: Dylan Meyer’s Directorial Debut Falls Short of Iconic, but Blazes a New Path for Female Stoner Comedies
FANTASIA 2026: Diego Fuentes’s Debut Feature ‘Matapanki’ is a Disruptive, Bold, Punk-tastic Masterpiece
Fantasia 2026: ‘Attack on Paradise’ is a Blood-Spattered Action Joyride to the Top Floor
Filmmaker Danny Bourque Discusses Wholesome Animated Short ‘Sunspark,’ Premiering at Fantasia Film Festival 2026
Milestone 30th Annual Fantasia Festival Promises the Best of Global Genre Storytelling
250 Years of the United States Through Film
Director Juan Carlos Mostaza Discusses Animation as an Avenue for Inventive Filmmaking for His Latest Short ‘Under the Lake’
40 Years of Saving Ferris: A Look Back at the Impact of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’
Interview: Eddie Sánchez on Tracing His Family's Immigrant Experience in a Debut Tribeca Documentary
Interview: Lyle Lindgren's Love Letter to Grillz with 'Mouth Full of Golds'
The Rolling Tape Previews the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival
The Awards Tape: Ten Years of La La Land & The Legacy of the 2017 Oscars
EP 202: The End of Oak Street (2026) & Blind Ranking Dinosaur Movies
EP 199: The Invite (2026), I Want Your Sex (2026), The Career of Olivia Wilde & Guess the Letterboxd Review Game
EP 198: The Odyssey (2026) & Nolan Filmography Guessing Game
Pride Mini-Series: Queer Representation on TV
EP 193: Disclosure Day (2026) & Steven Spielberg Tier Rankings
Pride Mini-Series: Hedda & "Queer Bending" in Modern Storytelling
EP 190: I Love Boosters (2026) & Live Commentary: 79th Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony
The Awards Tape: Meryl Streep Awards Draft
RETRO//RECAP: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
EP 186: Michael, Mother Mary & Blind Ranking Fictional Movie Artists and Bands
EP 182: They Will Kill You (2026) & Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) & Final Girl Tier Ranking
huge blind spot for me on this one— back at it with papa for an acting masterclass in Fences. Based on August Wilson’s play of the same name, and directed…
Read on Letterboxd ↗back to papa once more with quite a weird one here— Bob Hoskins plays racist cop that eats like garbage, smokes and drinks and has a vendetta against a black…
Read on Letterboxd ↗it’s been four years since I revisited it, and I still think it’s pretty incredible. Notorious is such a fascinating watch for me, because it’s notoriously so subtle and understated. the…
Read on Letterboxd ↗back to brass with papa here: watching Tony Scott’s final film ever (pain.) — Denzel plays a grizzled, veteran train engineer, Frank Barnes, who like every other day, works his…
Read on Letterboxd ↗in moonlight, black boys look blue. still perfect. this quiet, tender, heartbreaking story about a dark-skinned black boy coming of age with his sexuality. also set in the very real hood…
Read on Letterboxd ↗kill self? *removes note* I need to watch more Fincher, but this is just one that is so great for me. It’s not on a level of The Social Network for…
Read on Letterboxd ↗i have a large disdain for juke box mostly but this took me away and i cried at the end! they got my ass <3 first act felt like doing…
Read on Letterboxd ↗This review may contain spoilers. as we continue our denzel journey, we come to another feature from Norman Jewison about the real life story of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, a…
Read on Letterboxd ↗This review may contain spoilers. there’s so much to say and most of it’s already been said but can I just say that the texture of this film is incredible…
Read on Letterboxd ↗This review may contain spoilers. trigger warning for Eating Disorder/Body Dysmorphia:I didn’t know what to expect with this but was not expecting to be so emotionally moved. wow. Throughout the…
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