★★★★ A strong family dynamic can make or break any movie, especially one where that angle is the primary focus. Initially set in 1989, we follow the Smart family through the whirlwind ups and downs of their regional theatre existence. A sharply written cast of characters form a tight group whose contagious chemistry add a … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Everything’s Going to Be Great
Tribeca 2025: Our Hero, Balthazar
★★★★★ A school shooting put to film is rightfully incredibly controversial to land in a sensitive manner. Go too far in either direction, and run the risk of seriously offending a large percentage of viewers. Refusing to bend the knee to convention, this unique film takes the Nightcrawler approach in allowing its doomed scenario to … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Our Hero, Balthazar
Tribeca 2025: The Best You Can
★★★★ Real-life married couple Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon just really love working together, huh? For the first time in twenty years, the duo return to the screen for an unconventional middled-age romance. Putting the age gap relationship under the microscope, director Michael J. Weithorn has a fresh energy in willing to approach these unsung … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: The Best You Can
Tribeca 2025: Twinless
★★★★★ Upon its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Twinless set the internet ablaze when fans recorded pivotal scenes and made it go viral. Subsequently, the film was yanked from the festival’s digital offering before further copyright infringement could occur. Finally getting a chance to experience this unique dark dramedy months removed from that aggravating … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Twinless
Tribeca 2025: Queens of the Dead
★★★★ As an avid lover of all things drag-related, the very concept of a zombified drag queen queer horror set off multiple alarms for me. To call Queens of the Dead very much my cup of tea would be selling it a bit short—that's before even taking into account that RuPaul's Drag Race breakout Nina … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Queens of the Dead
Tribeca 2025: Paradise Records
★★★★★ Future viewers of Paradise Records will probably fall into two distinct camps: the first will be major fans of Logic’s discography, and will be curious to see it translated on screen. The second camp will be clueless to Logic, yet lovers of stoner comedies. Even without any familiarity, there is still something deeply hilarious … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Paradise Records
TV Review: And Just Like That… – Season 3
This review contains spoilers for the first six episodes of And Just Like That... Season 3. Please read at your own risk! And Just Like That... showrunner Michael Patrick King brought our core women into a new horizon. In the aftermath of a much-improved sophomore season—and a notable Samantha cameo that left fans swooning during … Continue reading TV Review: And Just Like That… – Season 3
Film Review: Love Bites
★★★★ The queer coming-of-age romance continues to spread its comforting wings far and wide. In Love Bites, teenage love receives a nuanced examination through the lens of an instant-classic Halloween party setting. The French-language film from writer/director Laméo Flores suggests a layered take and riveting character study rather than an over-sexualized fairy tale. Subtle performances … Continue reading Film Review: Love Bites
Blu-Ray Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
★★★★★ In the aftermath of WB’s chaotic mishandling of Coyote vs. Acme, the first full-length Looney Tunes animated theatrical movie quietly released. Distributed by Ketchup Entertainment, this gem was sadly overlooked when it hit theaters earlier this year. Now, it comes to Blu-Ray in all its colorful, over-the-top silly glory. As someone who grew up … Continue reading Blu-Ray Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Film Review: Sew Torn
★★★★ (Written by Intern, Alecia Wilk) Making an almost overwhelming aesthetic impression, the look and feel of Sew Torn is Tumblr’s take on retro. With delicate hands clad in pastel yellow fingerless gloves, a mousy-haired and wide-eyed main character drives her buggy across cobblestone to her eccentric job as a mobile seamstress. Things could not … Continue reading Film Review: Sew Torn