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The Holdovers Review

Grace Szostak February 20, 2024

    "The Holdovers" is a recent comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, known for his previous films “Election,” “Sideways,” and “Nebraska.”  It is set in 1970 and...

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Scorsese at the 2023 Montclair Film Festival

Grace Szostak December 30, 2023

This past October, I had the incredible opportunity to be a student representative of Montclair Film at the Montclair Film Festival’s 2023 tribute to Martin Scorsese. Throughout my high school career,...

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Meet Nancy Friedlander: the Accomplished Teacher and Artist who Founded JCHS’s Caldron

Alexandra Li and Grace Szostak February 11, 2023

Last month, Grace Szostak and I had the immense pleasure of meeting with Nancy Friedlander, a long-time JCHS (or should I say GCHS) English teacher and founder of The Caldron. Now 92 years old, many things...

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Bring Back the “Paper” in “Newspaper”

Alexandra Li and Grace Szostak November 23, 2022

Photo courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra LiPhoto courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra LiPhoto courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra LiPhoto courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra Li Alexandra...

JCHS’ Very Own: Reviews of the 1995 Indie Film Welcome to the Dollhouse

JCHS’ Very Own: Reviews of the 1995 Indie Film Welcome to the Dollhouse

Grace Szostak, Lia Vaiserman, and Alexandra Li March 1, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Li Welcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 independent/dark comedy film that was filmed largely right here in JCHS. Many other scenes were also filmed around West Caldwell,...

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