★★★ Leave it to Cannes to come out with a comedy as bizarre as Nicolas Pariser’s The Green Perfume! This French film frequently left me both puzzled and perplexed. After a mysterious murder occurs on stage during a performance of la Comédie-Française, Martin (Vincent Lacoste, Lost Illusions) comes under suspicion of being involved thanks to … Continue reading Cannes 2022: The Green Perfume
Film Review: Fire Island
★★★★ Here is a sentence I never thought I would write: from Disney and Hulu comes the best gay rom-com I’ve seen in a very long time. Bursting with the energy of the modern LGBT experience, Fire Island takes us on an annual vacation to “gay Disney Land” with a diverse and colorful cast of … Continue reading Film Review: Fire Island
Film Review: Dinner in America
★★★★★ Dinner in America is a twisted rom-com brimming with originality and dark humor. What begins at one extreme is constantly flipped on its head, as messages about reveling in being a punk-rock-loser speak volumes. Crude and aggressive, the brand of comedy here will be off-putting to some—this viewer, however, fell in love with the … Continue reading Film Review: Dinner in America
Film Review: The Valet
★★★ Existing outside the reality of any plausible scenario, absurdist romantic comedy The Valet is the perfect fit for streamer Hulu. Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving headline this quirky easy watch, complete with a sugary-sweet message. Those longing for a bygone throwback or a meta modern take on the genre can look elsewhere; The Valet … Continue reading Film Review: The Valet
Cannes 2022: Final Cut
★★★★ For my first film of 2022’s Cannes International Film Festival, I could not have selected a more unique title if I tried! Final Cut comes for the jugular with razor-sharp dark comedy hijinks and campy kills. To say the movie flips the script would be an understatement considering the drastic turns it takes the … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Final Cut
Film Review: Senior Year
★★★★ As an adult freshly in my 30s, I cannot say that where I am now is how I envisioned my future forming after high school. How can one even fathom waking up from a coma at age 37—having skipped the maturing and personal growth of two decades—still in a 17-year-old state of mind? This … Continue reading Film Review: Senior Year
TV Review: Clark
Putting aside my own personal curiosities about the origins of the term “Stockholm syndrome,” Netflix’s new Swedish dramedy series, Clark, caught my attention primarily for one reason only: Bill Skarsgård. I still remember when Skarsgård originally really wowed me, which also happened to be the first time I ever saw him in anything. One of … Continue reading TV Review: Clark
Film Review: Mascarpone
★★★★ LGBTQ+ content continues to be churned out at a rapid pace, often to the point where quantity has not been matched with quality. Mascarpone posits all the delights of a coming-of-age dramedy, proving that even at age 30, it is still possible to find oneself. Filmed in just three weeks in Rome, this Italian … Continue reading Film Review: Mascarpone
SIFF 2022 Wrap-Up
Another year of the Seattle International Film Festival has come to a close, and thankfully, our strictly virtual options this year were plentiful. Check out our full coverage on 2022's iteration of the festival, after the jump. A LOVE SONG This new romance drama depicting a beautiful night spent between two people out on a … Continue reading SIFF 2022 Wrap-Up
CUFF 2022: Gatlopp
★★★★ The first image one’s mind typically jumps to when they hear “board game movie” is probably 1995’s Jumanji. For years, this standard concept of playing a game with real-world consequences has been swooped up by the horror community in such films as Open Graves and Uncanny Annie. 2022’s Gatlopp presents brand-new board game hijinks … Continue reading CUFF 2022: Gatlopp