★★★★ (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
Film Review: Neighborhood Watch
★★★ 2025 continues to be the year of Jack Quaid. After two leading roles in horror/sci-fi Companion and high octane action/comedy Novocaine, Quaid transitions over to crime/thriller territory playing opposite The Walking Dead's Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Neighborhood Watch. This unlikely pairing works well, charging what is, for all intents and purposes, a rather basic … Continue reading Film Review: Neighborhood Watch
Film Review: Freaky Tales
★★★★ Will the 80s ever die? If the grungy aesthetic of Freaky Tales can be believed, the answer is an emphatic no. This stylish indie debuted at the Sundance Film Festival last year, and the ridiculously fun vision of producing/writing/directing duo Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden has finally emerged for audiences everywhere in all its … Continue reading Film Review: Freaky Tales
Film Review: Pet Shop Days
★★★ Part coming-of-age queer romance, part baffling crime drama, Pet Shop Days premiered all the way back at 2023's Venice Film Festival. Since then, it has bounced around from festival to festival, evading me at every turn despite my voracious hunger to consume LGBT content. Finally, Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut has arrived in all its … Continue reading Film Review: Pet Shop Days
Film Review: Riff Raff
★★★★ A crime-dipped dramedy with an all-star cast, led by reliable director Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, The Son of No One), was enough to put Riff Raff on my must-see list well before it debuted at 2024's Toronto International Film Festival. The wicked sense of humor and chaotic family hijinks lead … Continue reading Film Review: Riff Raff
TV Review: Grosse Pointe Garden Society
While streaming has all but absorbed the standard network TV drama, there are still some notable exceptions to the rule. Take the new mystery/crime/drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society from co-showrunners Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs: a midseason gem that will use Peacock as a way to bring in many more weekly viewers than the series … Continue reading TV Review: Grosse Pointe Garden Society
Film Review: Longlegs Blu-Ray
★★★★ The surprise horror hit of the year has finally made its cryptic debut to Blu-Ray! Osgood Perkins, notably the son of film legend Anthony Perkins, has been toying within the genre for quite some time—2020's Gretel & Hansel was a flawed movie with some great visuals and an absolutely fantastic score, and I have … Continue reading Film Review: Longlegs Blu-Ray
Film Review: Killer Heat
★★ A solid noir-driven whodunnit has not come along in ages, so Killer Heat certainly had potential. Couple that with a solid main trio of a cast in Richard Madden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Shailene Woodley, and at the very least, there should be plenty of fun to be found within. Unfortunately, an altogether humorless affair … Continue reading Film Review: Killer Heat
Film Review: Long Gone Heroes
★★★ Apparently, the worst thing to ever happen to Venezuela was "discovering the oil underneath it." Yes, Long Gone Heroes has arrived in a blaze of glory to proclaim loudly that oil mining is bad, and corruption runs deep. Writer/director John Swab leans into every gritty action cliche in the book, collecting an ensemble of … Continue reading Film Review: Long Gone Heroes
TV Review: The Penguin
Against all odds, Matt Reeves crafted a surprising masterpiece with his gritty, Se7en-esque take on the caped crusader with his 2022's flick, The Batman. A world so rich with detail ends up being the perfect fit for episodic television. The tertiary baddie of The Penguin still made a major impression in the Reeves film, and … Continue reading TV Review: The Penguin