The manic pixie dream girl trope is indicative of sloppy writing and has become an easy way for Twitter users to dismiss complex female characters.
Katie Says Goodbye proves playing an uplifting song at the end of a film doesn’t resolve the absence of thematic meaning that was lacking throughout the entire movie.
Frivolous in treatment and a trailer more impactful than the film itself, Loners never understands its true potential.
With gorgeous cinematography, The Third Wife invites us into a broken world of arranged marriage and patriarchy in 19th-century Vietnam.
Jeffrey fully embraces the AIDS contradiction of 1995, always teetering on the edge of potentially borrowed time.
In H is for Happiness, a girl with boundless optimism is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family.
Video Dispatches is a regular column featuring reviews of recent home video releases – this week, focusing on LGBTQ+ releases from Shout!
When They See Us may be Ava DuVernay’s finest work, telling a deeply human story about the way people of color have been and continue to be seen.
In the Aisles takes audiences deep into the emotional lives of people who seem destined to hover on the periphery and highlights the beauty to be found there if one bothers to look.
While Head Count shows potential and has some really good high level thoughts, there’s just not enough scares to bring the film to life.
Musanna Ahmed shares his first report from the 2019 Sheffield Doc/Fest, with reviews for Diego Maradona, War of Art, One Child Nation, Seahorse & more.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a story of deep familial relationships suggesting the importance of understanding the struggles of mental health.
In this latest episode of The Simpsons Greatest Hits, we look at the multi guest starring 1992 baseball episode Homer at the Bat.
We spoke with Harry Greenberger about his directorial debut Staring At the Sun, the film’s festival run, and what he has planned next!
American Mirror: Intimation of Immortality is a strange beast, an undefinable fever dream of artistic memories and clashing personalities that shrugs off expected genre conventions.
