After years of heteronormativity within the studio system (the independent scene has always been delightfully queer in that regard), there has been a recent upswing in LGBT+ romantic comedies in recent years. Love, Simon gave a queer spin on...
At some point in every grown adult’s life, some intrinsic part of the human brain sends out signals indicating the desire to embrace parenthood. Yes, this includes the animalistic desire to mate, but I’m talking the domesticity of adulthood. Call...
If you’ve gone to the theater at pretty much any point in the last four months (at least since May, when the teaser popped up with Maverick), you’ve likely been exposed to a form of guerilla marketing. A slick ad with the goofiest premise has...
In June of this year, Baz Luhrmann released his opulent, haunting take on Elvis Presley in Elvis. In August, Jeannette McCurdy released her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, an occasionally funny, mostly sobering look at her abuse in the Hollywood...
Ed. Note: If you’ve come to this review expecting some sort of rehash of the disastrous publicity tour surrounding the film, you are sorely mistaken. My interest here is solely to review the film as is, not the gossip and hearsay surrounding it...
Are we at a point where I can start copy-pasting my reviews of American remakes of foreign language films? Every single outing consists of a SparkNotes version of the original, albeit with the eye-catching and scandalous moments that made them...
Despite some early hopes for a shocking end to the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, things ended up being fairly par for the course, in ways both good and bad. The host (here, Kenan Thompson) was good, the bits and banter were bad, and Succession, Ted...
Tonight’s the night, everyone! In a matter of minutes, we will learn who Hollywood views as the best of the best in television! Could this be a banner year for streaming? Or will network television and cable strike back? We’ll find...
This Monday, awards season will finally kick off with the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. We will finally learn what the best of the best* shows were in one of the most surprisingly great years in the medium’s history. Hell, I’ve even watched every...
How the f*ck does one review Barbarian? I mean this in every sense of the question. How does one review Barbarian, the first solo film from Internet comedian Zach Cregger, without spoiling the plot? How does one even describe the plot of this...
The 49th Telluride Film Festival, the home of the Best Picture winner 13 out of the last 15 years, has officially announced its 2022 lineup, and soon we will have first thoughts on Women Talking, Tár, and a litany of upcoming...
We are now at the dawn of festival season, and with Oscar winners being born and dying over and over for the next few weeks, I thought I’d take a moment to freshen up my predictions. After all, the last time I wrote about the Best Picture race...
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