As another year comes to a close, we shut the book on a year of surprising and often excellent movies. We reveal our choices for our favorite movies of year, along with some yearbook-style superlatives! Be sure to let us know which movies in 2021 connected with you! Movie Yearbook Superlatives! Best musical sequence JOSH: … Continue reading Our Favorite Films of 2021
Most Anticipated Films of 2022
2022 is only days away, so what better way to get excited than to chart the films I am most looking forward to discovering in the new year? Check out an exclusive list, just a taste of what 2022 will hold as we enter a brand new year of movies! Here are my top 20 … Continue reading Most Anticipated Films of 2022
Film Review: Licorice Pizza
★★ Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most unique filmmakers in modern cinema, and for good reason. The majority of his output has been critically acclaimed, and two of his movies—1997’s Boogie Nights and 2007’s There Will Be Blood—rank among my favorites of all time. For over a month now, I had been hearing … Continue reading Film Review: Licorice Pizza
Film Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth
★★ A24’s film The Tragedy of Macbeth may be one strictly for Shakespeare completionists. This dull and nearly impenetrable iteration of the play is stylish but vapid. Without a doubt, the visuals are beautiful, and the actors embodying each character do so with effortless ease. If one knows the basic story of this so-called tragedy, … Continue reading Film Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth
TV Review: Emily in Paris – Season 2
Netflix’s debut season of Emily in Paris drew completely undeserved critical vitriol, but I was personally smitten by the breezy and playful romantic drama. There is much to be said about a comfort show, one you can turn to just for the cutesy vibes and popcorn entertainment. All things considered, I don’t forsee the second … Continue reading TV Review: Emily in Paris – Season 2
Film Review: Parallel Mothers
★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) The Pedro Almodóvar name comes with a weighty subtext I was unfamiliar with going into his new film, Parallel Mothers. I was told that red is visually omnipresent (no surprise from the poster design), and to expect much melodrama. In this respect, I can confirm Almodóvar delivered what one would … Continue reading Film Review: Parallel Mothers
Film Review: Mother/Android
★★★ It seems as if every year has its version of Bird Box or A Quiet Place nowadays. Late-in-the-year Hulu entry, Mother/Android, attempts to fill this slot for 2021. With Carrie’s Chloe Grace Moretz in the lead role, I was curious to see what type of project this would become. Would it lean more into … Continue reading Film Review: Mother/Android
Film Review: Swan Song
★★★ Is this seriously the second film titled Swan Song to come out in 2021? In my opinion, the wrong one is getting all the acclaim. No, this will not be a Swan Song vs. Swan Song battle royale, but it does go without saying that both films have an incredible emotional depth to them. … Continue reading Film Review: Swan Song
Film Review: Not Knowing
★★★ The coming-of-age gay drama is practically old hat at this point, so what more can Turkish drama Not Knowing add to the conversation? The answer, it seems, is quite significant. The film from writer/director Leyla Yilmaz goes to some dark places, as it explores the effects of bullying on a young gay teen and … Continue reading Film Review: Not Knowing
Film Review: You Mean Everything to Me
★★★★ A disturbing coercive control drama about one seriously twisted romance, You Mean Everything to Me explores the dark side of love. Down on her luck, freshly kicked out of her sister’s house and living out of her car, Cassandra (Morgan Saylor) is about to meet someone who will change her life forever. Enter: Nathan … Continue reading Film Review: You Mean Everything to Me