To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Paris Theater in New York City — the same theater where it initially debuted — held a special viewing of Grey Gardens. The event called for homages to be made towards Big and Little Edie. Julia Fox, whose appearance I had most anticipated, asked the question that many have after watching Big and Little Edie’s lives unravel: Were the women crazy? And if so, does it matter? 

Trinkets usually have some past life or mysterious allure to them, but what makes a trinket a trinket is up in the air. To learn more about how trinkets are classified outside of personal spaces and the value we tie into them, I reached out to Emily Weiss, the owner of the eclectic vintage shop Beyond the Beaten Path in Eastport.

To understand the nuance the film relies on, we must reflect on the gothic genre, where the fictional vampire was born. Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is multilayered, and by examining the heroine, Ellen, and her relationship to the characters and world she finds herself in, the gothic medium comes back to life in a tantalizing way.