Romance Week: The Widening Lens of Queer Romance
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.
French New Wave crime thriller A WOMAN KILLS resurfaces to offer a glimpse into lost film history
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
While the movie has specific scenes and subject material that might be hard to watch or deal with in a modern day context, this is a fascinating cultural artifact that shares DNA with many classic films upheld in cinema circles.
Pre-Code Decode, Romance Week Edition: Rosalie on Romance
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief and Old Sport
For me, the depiction of females in Pre-Code pictures is something to behold. It makes me imagine the force that women would have been if they were shown examples such as the ones in these films. There was more to life than love, baby carriages, and dinners on the table at five.
Read MoreEpisode four of MAYFAIR WITCHES earns itself some good will by leaning into Rice's eroticism
by Sam Morris, Staff Writer
In fact, the reason that we’re getting more Mayfair Witches is apparently because of YOU!
Feature Films at FINAL GIRLS FILM FEST 2023
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
With a stacked selection of shorts blocks, features, presentations, and workshops, festival attendees will have plenty of options to personalize their fest experience.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL gives hope that the conversation can change around addiction
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
Love in the Time of Fentanyl gives me hope that the conversation can change around pain, addiction, and opioids as well as the people who use them.
Tense thriller KNOCK AT THE CABIN sees Shyamalan returning to fertile thematic ground
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Knock at the Cabin is a great entry into Shyamalan’s uneven filmography. It’s tense, scary, and provocative as long as you are willing to engage within its premise as earnestly as it is laid out.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: The Monster and His Bride
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
Frankenstein (1931) is the first adaptation of Shelley’s novel and the most influential version when it comes to film.
STARS FELL AGAIN fails to deliver romance or humor
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Like the original film, Stars Fell Again is aggressively wholesome, which would be admirable if the film wasn’t so bland.
THE CIVIL DEAD is a buddy comedy where the buddy is a ga-ga-ga-GHOST!
by Olivia Hunter Willke, Contributor
The Civil Dead truly shines when it basks in its awkwardness.
SHTETLERS provides a glimpse of living history that should not be forgotten
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Ultimately, Shtetlers is a story of perseverance. Of a culture, a people, and individuals.
Printing the Legend: Butch, Sundance, and Belle Starr
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Welcome back to year two of Printing the Legend, where I journey far and wide across the western genre in search of the horizon.
THE LOCKSMITH is a paint-by-numbers affair
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
This lackluster B-movie telegraphs its mediocrity from the opening moments
ALIVE adds nothing new to the zombie genre
by Joe Carlough, Staff Writer
A lo-fi love letter to the zombie films that have come before it, Alive never strays too far off the beaten path and only attempts a break in genre convention once it’s already a little too late in the film to make a meaningful impact.
MAYFAIR WITCHES loses its thread in episode three
by Sam Morris, Staff Writer
Look, there’s not a lot worth talking about in this episode—it’s really bad.
SUNDANCE 2023 Dispatch - Documentary Films
by Rosalie Kicks and Benjamin Leonard
Rosalie and Ben recap some of the documentary flicks they caught at Sundance 2023.
Sundance 2023: SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING reminds us that other humans are worth our time
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief and Old Sport
I connected with Fran due to Daisy Ridley’s unassuming yet purposeful performance. The bland colored cardigan wearing, meek office mate that would rather jump off a bridge than engage in small chat with a fellow coworker.
FINAL GIRLS FILM FEST 2023 PREVIEW
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
The fest showcases horror cinema that’s directed, written, or produced by women and non-binary filmmakers.
Sundance 2023 DISPATCH: Short Films
by Gary M. Kramer
Short films often depict a moment of crisis, a slice of life, or serve as calling cards for a larger feature.
BEAUTIFUL BEINGS explores the love and hurt of teenage boyhood
by E.L. King, Contributor
Writer and director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s blend of cosmic fever dream and violent reality, Beautiful Beings follows the turbulent path of Iceland’s delinquent and somewhat disaffected youth