FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR introduces a law for the gods, fantasy emo music, and a vulture dimension
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
It’s time for the Frostyfaire Folk Festival, which means it’s time for a big battle!
CRUEL INTENTIONS at 25 remains indulgent and playful
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Kimble’s film proves that a contemporary reworking of Choderlos de Laclos’ novel lends itself quite well to the teen film genre.
T BLOCKERS evokes Argento but from a younger, queerer lens
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
Key to T Blockers’ urgency is the notion that no matter how much vigilante justice happens in the moment, this apocalypse has happened before and will happen again.
2024 Athena Film Festival: GIRL, TWICE COLONIZED, DANCING QUEEN, FANCY DANCE
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
Here’s the ares some of the flicks I saw on Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday afternoon.
COPA 71 shines a light on buried history of women's soccer (football)
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
I'm not alone in my wonderment seeing the historical footage found in Copa 71.
Athena Film Festival 2024 Preview
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
It’s another weekend celebrating feminism and women in leadership on film in Morningside Heights this weekend, as the Athena Film Festival returns for another year at Barnard College.
DUNE: PART TWO is a beautiful book report
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The spice expands consciousness–I wish Denis Villeneuve had at least experimented with it before he decided to navigate the spaceways of this science fiction epic.
Curtain Call: SMASH raises the curtains on modern musical television
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
The first musical TV we’re covering in CURTAIN CALL is Smash, the two season show that might finally be getting a Broadway show of its own.
Being a teen is nothing but stressful in FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Episode 7 of Fantasy High: Junior Year brings out the stressful nature of being a teenager. Grades, popularity, and life outside of both come to a head.
Disc Dispatch: RIVER
by “Doc” Hunter Bush, contributor and Podcast Czar
“A traditional Kyoto inn is looping two minutes at a time!” That was all I had to go on when I was lucky enough to see this film at last year’s Fantasia Fest.
We Used to Be Friends: 96-97, Buffy, 7th Heaven, and teenage automomy
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
For this month’s look at one television season (1996-1997), I wanted to bring five specific shows to the table. Smart Guy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clueless, 7th Heaven, and (of course) Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
IO CAPITANO has familiar pieces but puts them together for a unique and moving whole
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Io Capitano is getting deserved attention for being a nominee for Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars, and rightly so.
GOLDEN YEARS shows how we can cope with change at any stage of our lives
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
Golden Years, if not a revolutionary piece of film, is at least a movie with a relatively radical ethos.
IMPERFECT chooses reality over "inspo-porn"
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
With such a simple premise and result, it seems depressing that this documentary is almost revolutionary: a documentary about disabled people that feels aimed towards other disabled viewers.
LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP tanks a promising start
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
…At which point I yelled “WHAT?” at the screen, the only reasonable reaction to LDD trying to end on that note.
VESELKA: THE RAINBOW ON THE CORNER AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD shares a Ukrainian immigrant story
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
While the film starts in medias res, eleven days into the war in Veselka’s crowded basement kitchen, the film takes a broad look at Veselka’s place in the history of Little Ukraine and the East Village.
Salt, Sand, and Sky: A Cinematic Road Trip Through Florida
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
The thing about Florida is that the sweltering heat, bright colors, and proximity to water make it feel like a fever dream.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR offers us the ultimate teen party, complete with shapeshifting, a re-breakup, and a minor fight
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Sometimes being a teenager is getting pushed out of a world-ending situation and back to a normal high school party.
Hooray for Hollywood: Robert Altman, Essayist
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
Happy birthday to Robert Altman, who would’ve turned 99 today
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2024 features and shorts
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
The festival’s focus on women and non-binary filmmakers has given many filmmakers, academics, and others who join in to find a space to congregate and share the spotlight when they might feel marginalized in other similar spaces.