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Profile of Brenna E. Fitzgerald

Bio:

Brenna Fitzgerald has a BA in history from Cornell University and an MA in critical studies from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She teaches yoga and writes film reviews in NYC.

Email Address:

brenna.ef [at] gmail [dot] com

Articles written for the California Literary Review:

  • Movie Review: The September Issue
    Posted on 08 Sep 2009 in Movies, Movies & TV

    From pink to black and from Paris to Bryant Park, this flashy documentary by R.J. Cutler (The War Room) lets us peep behind the veil of Vogue and glimpse into both the goblins and the glory of glamour. Following the magazine’s steadfast fury to produce its largest page-count ever in 2007 (a whopping 840), we see what it takes to work for a high-end fashion publication, but more importantly we get a portrait of the ice-queen in charge.

  • Movie Review: Food, Inc.
    Posted on 18 Jun 2009 in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Food, Movies, Movies & TV

    Shocking and heartbreaking, Food, Inc. gives us those nitty-gritty details of how a tomato is grown or how a chicken is raised. It reveals that every step of the process from farm to factory to functional product is not as scrupulously regulated as government organizations like the USDA and the FDA would have you believe. According to Pollan, “the industrial food system is always looking for greater efficiency. But each new step in efficiency leads to problems.”

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