Publications

April 3, 2025

‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: Andrew Ahn’s Tender Ode to Chosen Family

Very rarely does a remake seem warranted in today’s industry landscape. However, the world is far different for the LGBTQ+ community than it ...

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April 1, 2025

Queer’ Review: A Somber Meditation on Identity and Connection

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer (2024) begins with the main character, Lee (Daniel Craig), speaking directly to the audience as he states, “You’re no...

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March 31, 2025

'Coyote Vs. Acme' Officially Sells to Ketchup Entertainment

Fans of Looney Tunes and movies alike can rest knowing the embattled Coyote Vs. Acme (2026) has been saved. Deadline reported today that Ketc...

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March 31, 2025

‘Holland’ Review: Mimi Cave’s Tulip-Infused Sophomore Effort Wilts Under Baffling Mystery

Mimi Cave burst onto the scene with her buzzy debut Fresh (2022). The chilling horror film from Hulu, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastia...

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March 31, 2025

She’s Just The Girl You Want: Tank Girl Turns 30

Who knew Furiosa had a cool older sister? Thirty years ago, the world was graced with one of the most ambitious low-budget action film...

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March 29, 2025

'Severance' Season 2 SPOILER Review: Love is Survival in This Year’s Best Show

Here’s the thing — I won’t delay my thoughts on Severance (2022–Present) with some funny, devastating, or intriguing scene from the show to c...

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March 26, 2025

Review: Seth Rogen Lovingly Lampoons the Hollywood System in ‘The Studio’

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s creative partnership ages like the finest of wines. Since bursting onto the scene with Superbad (2007), the tw...

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March 25, 2025

'Sister Midnight' Review: Karan Kandhari Delivers a Film to Sink Your Teeth Into

Over the last few years, there has been a surge of films centered around strong-minded, complex female characters set in India receiving crit...

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March 24, 2025

Review: Disney Once Again Fails to Recreate Magic with 'Snow White'

In Disney’s new-found tradition of yanking iconic animated characters out of the vault and regurgitating them as live-action features, Snow W...

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March 21, 2025

‘Opus’ Review: A24 Cult Horror Without A God to Follow

Midway through the film Opus (2025), directed by Mark Anthony Green, Ariel Acton (Ayo Edebiri) asks the 90s pop legendy Alfred Moretti (John ...

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March 21, 2025

The Most Magical Live-Action Disney Princess Remakes

Everyone has one special Disney animated feature film that reinvigorates the child-like wonder into their lives, remembering precisely where ...

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March 20, 2025

‘Ash’ Review: Flying Lotus’ Debut Feature Amounts to a Visually Arresting, Narratively Congesting Sci-Fi Descent into Hell

The musician-to-film director pipeline is prevalent in the entertainment industry, spanning generations and perspectives. Figures primarily k...

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March 19, 2025

Review: 'The Electric State' is a Dire Warning for the State of Cinema

After the box office success of Avengers: Endgame in 2019, The Russo Brothers were on top of the world. They reaped billions of dollars, galv...

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March 18, 2025

‘Black Bag’ Review: The Hardest Working Director in Hollywood’s Best Film in Years

I can’t tell you what a joy it is to be blessed with two (2) Steven Soderbergh films in the first quarter of 2025. He kicked off the year wit...

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March 18, 2025

*Slamdance 2025* ‘Banr’ Review: Mortality and Memory Intertwined

Dementia and Alzheimer’s are often referenced as some of the most challenging conditions on both the person with the condition themselves and...

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March 17, 2025

Unpacking Hollywood’s Obsession with the Irish

Ireland is having its moment.  Some of Hollywood’s current top A-listers hail from the small nation of around five million. Wheth...

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March 14, 2025

‘The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’ Review: A Dream Come True for Fans of the Toons

As a lifelong fan of Looney Tunes, I’ve found the ways Warner Brothers has been treating its iconic characters as of late disheartening, to s...

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March 13, 2025

'Mickey 17' Review: Bong Joon-ho Elevates Sci-Fi Novel to New Heights of Absurdity 

Our society has deemed knowledge as one of the most powerful commodities. An obsessive nature is associated with unravelling the unknown, whe...

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March 13, 2025

10 Must-Watch Movies to Celebrate Women’s History Month

What are movies without women?  This question might elicit some sexist answers. For decades, female characters have been limited ...

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March 11, 2025

Looking Back At ‘Red Riding Hood’: Beware The Wolf…And Twilight Knockoffs

Who doesn’t love a bit of a YA love triangle now and then? In March of 2011, Catherine Hardwicke of Twilight (2008) success would fizz...

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March 11, 2025

*CIFF 2024* ‘Eephus’ Review: Muted Baseball Dramedy About the Pitfalls of Aging Knocks it Out of the Park

Baseball is one of those things that means the world to you or doesn’t, with little in-between. For a long time growing up, I was the latter....

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March 7, 2025

Bong Joon-ho, Ranked

At long last, Academy Award-winner Bong Joon-ho returns to the big screen after cleaning up at the 92nd Academy Awards. Known for his abrupt ...

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March 7, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* 'Mvera' Review: Kenya’s Feminist Look into the Horrors of Modern-Day Slavery

Kenya’s first submission to the Academy Awards was fairly recent. In 2012, they submitted Nairobi Half Life (2012) for the 85th ceremony. Sin...

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March 6, 2025

My Favorite Short Films from Slamdance

In February I had the opportunity to digitally cover Slamdance Film Festival, which features emerging artists in a week-long Oscars qualifyin...

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March 4, 2025

‘Armand’ Review: Public Schools and Private Power Dynamics

Just last year, Justine Triet’s investigations into the power of subjectivity gripped audiences all the way to an Oscar win for Best Original...

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March 4, 2025

From the Awards Editor: The Greatest Day of Anora's Life

It truly was the greatest night of their lives, as the entire cast and crew of Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards with five Oscar wins i...

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February 28, 2025

Last-Minute Musings on an Unforgettable Awards Season

There are predictable Oscar races, and then there’s whatever this was. In a season that refuses to settle, frontrunners have risen and fallen...

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