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Zachary Lee

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  • Journalist, Freelance
  • Managing Editor, Center for Public Justice
Chicago
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Covers:  Art, Faith, Film, Food, Hip-Hop (and the intersection between all these topics)
Social Media for @ebertvoices // Words @ebertvoices | @IndieWire | @letterboxd | @InterviewMag | Member @chicagocritics // Tomatometer-Approved Critic

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Zachary Lee’s Biography

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Zachary Lee (he/him) is from Chicago’s North Side (he feels the need to clarify he’s actually from the city). He is a freelance culture writer who often writes about media, faith, technology, and the environment. His words can be found at RogerEbert, Sojourners, Christianity Today, Third Coast Review, and ThinkChristian.
He is a recipient of the 2023 Chicago Film Critics Association & Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Grant and is a 2023 Gold House Journalism Futures Accelerator Participant. He …

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Julian of Norwich is still inspiring artists of all kinds

Julian of Norwich is still inspiring artists of all kinds

Director Caroline Golum's "Revelations of Divine Love," a cinematic retelling of Julian of Norwich's life, is…

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Eve Ridley reveals how she brought Ruthye to life in 'Supergirl'

Eve Ridley reveals how she brought Ruthye to life in 'Supergirl'

The young actress discusses her role in the superhero film, working with Milly Alcock, filming stunts, and ma…

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Why Megan Lawless is our latest 'Obsession'

Why Megan Lawless is our latest 'Obsession'

The actress on her latest film, her character's striking look, and the importance of being honest with your f…

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'Blue Heron' Infuses Memory With Grace

'Blue Heron' Infuses Memory With Grace

Sophy Romvari's semi-autobiographical drama demonstrates the power of telling stories about our past.

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Havana Rose Liu finds meaning in music and the mess of it all

Havana Rose Liu finds meaning in music and the mess of it all

The actress's role in Daniel Roher's "Tuner" stitches a fascinating thread of music that characterizes many o…

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Faith, fear and the wisdom of nuns in Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day'

Faith, fear and the wisdom of nuns in Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day'

Steven Spielberg anchors his new sci-fi thriller in a moving portrait of faith.

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Articles

Letterboxd — Your life in film

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By Zachary Lee Verified, Craig Gillespie
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“You life will be your revenge.” Matthias Schoenaerts ATE! By which I mean, this man is doing Brad Pitt in Oceans Eleven levels of snacking in here. Pie ruined forever. For all of the cries that Kryptonian heroes are too powerful to feel relatable (I've been a member of that choir) I don’t think I fully considered how their precarious relationships with red suns complicates that accusation.
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‘Blue Heron’ Infuses Memory With Grace

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By Zachary Lee Verified
| Sojourners Verified
I DIDN’T EXPECT to cry watching hash browns burn in a cast-iron pan, but that’s the shattering power of director Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron, a semi-autobiographical drama that ruminates on the power and limits of our memories. Set in the late 1990s, Blue Heron focuses on a young girl, Sasha (Eylul Guven), as her family moves from Hungary to Canada’s Vancouver Island.
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Letterboxd — Your life in film

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By Zachary Lee Verified, Steven Spielberg
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“Just loosen your grip.” A great addition to the "Josh O’Connor finds himself in a small room of a Catholic building that has only one light source" canon. Watching this film, I kept thinking about how good a picture this is of the end times.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Sadly no; it's on my bucket list!

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Super Power or Higher Power which I wrote for the Cornell Claritas

What's your favorite drink?

Any sort of iced coffee

Awards

Evangelical Press Association Student Writer of the Year Award (1st Place)

2017 - Student Writer

Presented during EPA’s 2018 convention, the 2018 Higher Goals awards honor the best work done in specific categories during the 2017 calendar year. My article that won was "Theology of the Undead," which can be found here: http://covenantcompanion.com/2017/10/23/theology-of-the-undead/

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