Reggie Peralta

Reggie Peralta is a man of many interests. A native of Santa Ana, he graduated from UCLA with a BA in Political Science and also holds a certificate in Radio and Television/Video Production from Fullerton College. His film and book criticism has appeared in such outlets as The Grindhouse Cinema Database and LibroMobile, and he has done live readings of his fiction and poetry for Makara Center for the Arts and Writers & Readers of Fullerton College. In addition to serving as a contributor and Staff Content Editor for the Frida, he also works as Blog Editor for several online publications.

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October 10, 2023
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21st Century Cult Continues This Weekend with Julia Ducournau’s Raw

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21st Century Cult bloodily comes of age in Julia Ducournau’s 2016 modern classic, Raw.

In Justine’s (Garance Marillier) family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister (Ella Rumpf) also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.

Hailed as one of, if not the best horror film of the 2010s, Raw dives into the coming-of-age film in gleefully gory fashion.

Raw screens starting Saturday, October 14th.
Saturday, Oct 14th – 10pm
Sunday, Oct 15th – 8:15pm
Monday, Oct 16th – 5:45pm
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