Sezín Devi Koehler

Sezin Devi Koehler is a multiracial Sri Lankan/Lithuanian American, and author of upcoming 'Much Ado About Keanu: A Critical Reeves Theory' (April 29, 2025 from Chicago Review Press). Her bylines also include Entertainment Weekly, Scalawag Magazine, Teen Vogue, Tasteful Rude, and many others. You can also find her on Twitter ranting about politics (@SezinKoehler), Instagramming her newest art creations and lowkey cosplays (@zuzudevikoehler), and microreviewing horror movies on Facebook (@SezinDeviKoehler).

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It Does Not Belong in a Museum: Indiana Jones’ Colonizer Legacy

It Does Not Belong in a Museum: Indiana Jones’ Colonizer Legacy

The Indiana Jones franchise leaves out vital historical facts about the USA’s own colonial influence, including how Jim Crow laws and slavery inspired the Nazis.

‘Flowers in the Attic: The Origin’ is the Nuanced Adaptation VC Andrews’ Fans Have Waited Decades to Experience

Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic: The Origin is the rare case of an adaptation far surpassing the book.

The End of More Than Just Reproductive Rights in the USA

It’s not just a right to bodily autonomy that’s at stake as SCOTUS might next undo the right to contraception, gay relationships, and gay marriage too.

On its 35th Anniversary ‘Dirty Dancing’ Still Breaks the Mold on Realistic Abortion Representation

As Dirty Dancing has aged, the love story aspect actually becomes less and less interesting and what comes to the surface is how honest this movie is about the fact that people will always need access to abortions.

In Defense of Racebending ‘Cloud Atlas’ on Its 10th Anniversary

On its 10th anniversary, Cloud Atlas is humanism at its most poignant, and a manifesto in its own right about the power of love to change the world one soul at a time. 

‘The Lost Boys’ through a ‘Dracula’ Lens Highlights the Film’s Queer Subtext On Its 35th Anniversary

The Lost Boys has long been recognized as an essential example of queer horror, but for anyone still on the fence here are some final nails in the coffin of the theory. 

‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Honors its “Found Footage” Legacy on its 30th Anniversary

Francis Ford Coppolla’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula hit cinemas in 1992 and remains the most faithful adaptation of Stoker’s epistolary novel to this day.

Review: ‘Euphoria’ Season 2 Continues Normalizing Male Full Frontal, While Exploring Sobriety’s Dark Side

“Between its difficult observations about sobriety’s dark side, Euphoria’s season 2 also dives headfirst into the more meta aspects of the show that involve using art as a vehicle to process and heal trauma.”

Review: ‘Yellowjackets’ Celebrates Three-Dimensional Women Characters as It Explores Their Extreme (Generational) Traumas

Yellowjackets might be one of the smaller winged creatures in the animal kingdom, but they…

‘Dexter: New Blood’: Highlights America’s Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, While Invoking Morbid Nostalgia and Unpacking Generational Trauma

**Warning: Spoilers Ahead** Hello, Dexter Morgan. Dexter has a contentious place in television history. On…