Publications

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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February 28, 2025

Final Oscar Predictions 2025

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February 28, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* 'Los últimos' Review: Introspective Climate Documentary Charts Wildfire Damage in Paraguay

Los últimos (2023), or The Last, directed by Sebastian Peña Escobar, frequently returns to the visual motif of a neon-green bug screen. Attra...

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February 28, 2025

2025 Best Picture Nominees Ranked

The Oscars are just a few days away, and this awards season has been full of twists and turns. This Best Picture race, and the awards season ...

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February 27, 2025

‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Feel-Good Autism Biopic on an Entirely Different Wavelength from Reality

To understand Jon Gunn’s The Unbreakable Boy (2025), it’s important to know its history. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biographica...

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February 27, 2025

Best Actor Winners of the 2020s Ranked

For our final rankings of the Academy Award acting categories across the 2020s, we arrive at Best Actor in a Leading Role. The Best Actor Awa...

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February 26, 2025

My Top 10 Movies About Movies

Award season will come to a close with the 97th Annual Academy Awards on March 2, the biggest celebration of the film industry. What better w...

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February 25, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* ‘Supermarket’ Review: A Glittering and Unnerving Oscar Bid from Montenegro

It is a truth universally acknowledged that locations with a closing time are intriguing for what happens after the lights go off. These limi...

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February 25, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* ‘Bad Living’ Review: Portugal’s Quiet Revolutionary Soap Opera

I had never seen a Portuguese film before I watched Bad Living (2023). The country nestled next to Spain on the Iberian peninsula is one whos...

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February 25, 2025

‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’ Most Violent Film Is Also His Most Absurd

Existentialism is more evident in film than ever given the current societal shifts. In recent and upcoming films, there are common themes abo...

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February 24, 2025

'I'm Still Here' Review: Walter Salles Navigates the Challenge of Redefining Yourself

"New year, new me" - an overtly optimistic phrase everyone has heard at least once. It is rooted in the concept of reinvention, specifically ...

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February 21, 2025

‘Zero Day’ Review: De Niro’s Mini-Series Gets Muddied in the Waters of Well-Intentioned Calls to Action

If there is any indication of what films or shows to expect during Trump 2.0, Zero Day is a strong starting point. A month into President Tru...

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February 21, 2025

Marvel’s Politics of Apathy: There’s Nothing Brave to 'Captain America: Brave New World'

At the beginning of Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross stands before a crowd to celebrate his election vi...

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February 20, 2025

How Badly Did ‘The Duff’ Age?

Often, it seems that the high school comedy has become overshadowed by social media, the primary entertainment for teenagers. By 2015, most t...

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February 19, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* ‘Memory Lane’ Review: The Netherlands’ Endearing and Irritating Look at the Reality of Aging

The power of international filmmaking, like all cinema, is the power of perspective and the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures. In 2...

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February 18, 2025

Best Actress Winners of the 2020s Ranked

Continuing with our rankings of the acting categories throughout the 2020s, we turn our attention to Best Actress in a Leading Role. Historic...

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February 13, 2025

The Meaning of Love is in the 'Jackass' Franchise

The phrase “you find love in the most unexpected places” is perhaps cheesy and overwrought, but there’s a kernel of truth there. Love exists ...

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February 11, 2025

The Best Supporting Actress Winners of the 2020s Ranked

In the first edition of our 2020s Oscar Rankings, I ranked the Best Supporting Actor Winners of the 2020s. Now, it’s time I turn your attenti...

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February 11, 2025

India’s Oscar Dilemma: Why India’s Best Films Struggle for Oscar Glory

This year, India waited with bated breath for an Oscar nomination but it eluded the country again. Two women-led, women-directed, and women-o...

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February 10, 2025

‘No Other Land’ Review: An Essential Partnership Delivers One of the Decade’s Best Documentaries

“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.” - Izzeldin Abuelaish, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’...

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February 10, 2025

'The Newsreader' Final Season Review: A Missed Opportunity for a Newsworthy Ending

We need to talk about The Newsreader (2021-2025). The Australian television series set in the cutthroat world of television news in the 1980s...

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February 7, 2025

5 Underrated Upcoming Releases to Add to Your 2025 Watchlist

New year, new movies to look forward to! 2025 promises to be a jam-packed year for film. Audiences will meet a new Clarke Kent, return to Pan...

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February 7, 2025

SUNDANCE 2025: Rohan Kanawade Removes the Thorns from ‘Cactus Pears’ in Tender Debut

About halfway through Cactus Pears (2025), Anand (Bhushaan Manoj) eats a cactus pear gifted to him by Balya (Suraaj Suman). One of his relati...

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February 6, 2025

'We Live In Time' Review: A Sobering Reminder That Life Is Fleeting

Over the past few months, there has been this weight suffocating me about the rapid passage of time and how everything is so fleeting and qui...

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February 5, 2025

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Review: A Simultaneously Fresh & Classic Take On Marvel’s Most Popular Hero

The following is a SPOILER-FREE review for all 10 episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which drops episodes on Disney+ every We...

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February 4, 2025

SUNDANCE 2025: No Apologies Necessary from Eva Victor’s Beautiful, Complicated Debut ‘Sorry, Baby’

After Sorry, Baby (2025) premiered at Sundance on January 27, my timelines immediately erupted with endless praise for the debut feature. Muc...

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February 4, 2025

SUNDANCE 2025 ‘Predators’ Review: Filmmaker David Osit Searches for Answers in ‘To Catch a Predator’s’ Legacy

A walk around the corner. The sliding glass door opens in the back. A familiar voice says hello. A little chit-chat. A walk out of frame, onl...

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