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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Review: ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Goes Through the Looking Glass Into a Metatextual, Queer, and Old School Love Story

Review: ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Goes Through the Looking Glass Into a Metatextual, Queer, and Old School Love Story

‘The Matrix Resurrections’ is both a trip down memory lane, as well as an entirely new take on the franchise.

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‘Mare of Easttown’ Continues Media Obsession with Dead and Missing White Women (and Humanizing Bad Cops)

Is it a bird? A plane? Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic? No, it’s 16-year-old Erin…

Promising Young Woman
‘Promising Young Woman’: Not a Revenge Movie That Honors Sexual Assault Survivors

The rape revenge genre is one of the few places where a sexual assault survivor…

On Its 40th Birthday, ‘Friday the 13th’ Warns of the Dangers of Unresolved Trauma

In the movie that started the slasher horror craze of the 1980s, Friday the 13th…

I May Destroy You
Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’ Establishes a New Paradigm for Social Justice Television (and Life)

As Michaela Coel developed her quasi-autobiographical I May Destroy You she wrote 191 drafts before…

Bridesmaids Magnolia
When Good Cops are Still Bad Apples: The Unlikely Cases of ‘Magnolia’ and ‘Bridesmaids’

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of racist cops, the calls…

Pacific Heights
30 Years Later, the Rental Anti-Blackness in ‘Pacific Heights’ Remains a Troubling Social Problem

As the social side-effects of COVID19 include mass evictions and an updated knowledge that landlords…

In Bruges
‘In Bruges’: A Tale of Self-Isolation Gone Wrong

Ray (Colin Farrell) is a novice hitman who mucks up his first job to assassinate…

Tank Girl
In 25 Years We’ve Moved Closer to the ‘Tank Girl’ World

The year is 2033 and Earth has been ravaged by a comet that caused a…

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Jordan Peele’s Sly Commentary on Whiteness in ‘Us’

Since his breakthrough debut Get Out and its fantastic follow-up Us, Jordan Peele has made…