by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
While Jonathan Anderson captures the time periods with perfect precision, he’s also masterful at allowing the characters to speak for themselves with their clothing over the course of the most important 13 years of their lives.
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Queer’s meandering, often opaque narrative asks more of its audience than Guadagnino’s previous works. But for those willing to embrace its complexities, Queer offers a devastating and unforgettable portrait of longing, insecurity, and the relentless search for connection.
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
In Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, Challengers, tennis becomes a malleable metaphor for the way we try to externalize our internal desires and the distance between ourselves and the people we feel closest to.
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Now that it’s almost Valentine’s Day, it’s time to talk about romance! And I want to talk about LGBTQ+ romance on screen.
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
While it took some time to fine tune this list, I tried to lean into my feelings and intuition to pick the movies that really affected me. The ones that made me laugh and cry. The ones that brought a smile to my face and the ones that tormented my mind days and weeks after watching.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Couldn’t some monsters get just this little piece of what heroes experience in “happily ever after?”
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Fantastic Fest is “the largest genre film festival in the US, specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. The festival is dedicated to championing challenging and thought-provoking cinema, celebrating new voices and new stories from around the world and supporting new filmmakers.
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
“I don’t have a career, I have a life.”
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Jaime Davis, The Fixer
Welcome to the latest edition of Hot Takes, in which MJ’s Rosalie and Jaime shout into the void about the latest movie thing that’s got them all in a tizzy. Today’s topic: hey, you fucking cockaroach, another Scarface remake is in the works. You wanna fuck with this movie or no, pendejo?
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by Fiona Underhill
The notion of wealthy Brits and Americans summering in Europe or ‘finding themselves’ in a summer abroad is by no means a new one. The Grand Tour and later the Cook’s Tour were established features of 17th to 19th century British life and were a rite-of-passage for those on the cusp of adulthood. Films based on the works of Henry James (Wings of the Dove, Portrait of a Lady) and EM Forster (A Room with a View) have captured this tradition and are usually ripe with scandalous affairs set amongst the jaw-dropping architecture and art-work of Florence and Venice. The 1950s had the summer romance films Roman Holiday (Wyler, 1953) and Summertime (Lean, 1955). The 90s were positively bursting with films depicting expats in Italy including Anthony Minghella’s period films The English Patient (1996) and The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing (1993), as well as Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty (1996).
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