2010s

THE VIGIL: Your Watch Has Begun
THE VIGIL: Your Watch Has Begun

The Vigil finds success in its intricate and delicate layering of its narrative, giving time for viewers to digest each tidbit given.

Page To Screen Who Is LOVE, SIMON's Happy Ending For
Page To Screen: Who Is LOVE, SIMON’s Happy Ending For?

Page To Screen contrasts Love, Simon and its original source, showcasing what’s lost when a coming-out story is re-molded for the screen.

21st CENTURY JAPAN: FILMS FROM 2001-2020: Highlights from the Screening Series
21st CENTURY JAPAN: FILMS FROM 2001-2020: Highlights from the Screening Series

Here are highlights from the inaugural ACA Cinema Project online film series, 21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020.

THE COLUMNIST: Effective, But Muddled
THE COLUMNIST: Effective, But Muddled

The Columnist is an effective thriller about one woman’s revenge against her online abusers, but it lacks deeper meaning.

Queerly Ever After #46: AKRON (2015)
Queerly Ever After #46: AKRON (2015)

Queerly Ever After #46 analyzes 2015’s Akron, where two young men find love despite a tragedy that links their families together.

ANOTHER EARTH: A Multidimensional Success
ANOTHER EARTH: A Multidimensional Success

Another Earth, Mike Cahill’s sci-fi romance celebrating its tenth anniversary, is multifaceted and deeply layered.

TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health
TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health

In the long tradition of many Oscar submitted-films before it, its a shame to see Two of Us try to do too much.

4X4: A Modern Day Morality Tale
4X4: A Modern Day Morality Tale

4×4 is a broodingly effective thriller set in the crime-riddled streets of Argentina, with poignant thoughtfulness for the characters involved.

ECHO: An Icelandic Christmas Movie From The Aether
ECHO: An Icelandic Christmas Movie From The Aether

While it doesn’t give its audience straightforward answers, Echo offers a kind of diagonal empathy that’s refreshing and valuable.

City, State and Town: Exploring Frederick Wiseman’s U.S.A.
City, State and Town: Exploring Frederick Wiseman’s U.S.A.

State Legislature, Monrovia, Indiana, and City Hall may each look at different levels of governance, they all present the importance of public service.

SOUND OF MY VOICE: A Retrospective Look At Indie Gold
SOUND OF MY VOICE: A Retrospective Look At Indie Gold

With Sound of My Voice is celebrating its anniversary this year, now is the time to relive this classic Indie gem or to discover it for the first time.

BLIZZARD OF SOULS: The Makings Of Oscar-Bait
BLIZZARD OF SOULS: The Makings Of Oscar-Bait

Blizzard of Souls is a movie made up of things a good movie is normally made up of, but with no comprehensive thread to connect them.

Queerly Ever After #44: PRIVATE ROMEO (2011)
Queerly Ever After #44: PRIVATE ROMEO (2011)

Private Romeo is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that transposes the action to the fictional McKinley Military Academy.

The Art Of Redemption In COBRA KAI
The Art Of Redemption In COBRA KAI

Cobra Kai may look like a series leaning heavily on nostalgia and cheesy drama but deep down, it is a humane portrayal of one’s journey to redemption.

ATLANTIS: A Post-Apocalyptic Misfire
ATLANTIS: A Post-Apocalyptic Misfire

But unfortunately, as Atlantis shows us, it takes more than a few stellar shots to make a character’s journey compelling.