NYFF Review: ‘The Woman Who Ran’ cannot escape being defined by men
“Seeing cows makes me so sad,” Gam-hee declares as she pokes at a plate of beef in her friend Young-soon’s apartment. She can handle the... Read More
Amelia Merrill
Amelia Merrill is a New York-based journalist and theatre artist. Her writing can be seen on Shondaland, American Theatre magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room, and more.
NYFF Review: ‘Isabella’ doesn’t sink or swim—it just floats
Filmmaker Matías Piñeiro has added to his Shakespearean-inspired filmography with Isabella, which is as much a meditation on Measure for Measure as it as an... Read More
Film Review: In ‘Boys State,’ American Exceptionalism Wins
Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’s documentary Boys State begins by juxtaposing two ideologically opposite campers at the Texas outpost of the American Legion’s Boys State... Read More
Interview: Writer Anna Winger on the Virtual Emmys and Making ‘Unorthodox’ in Berlin
Anna Winger is accustomed to the German limelight. A Massachusetts native, she’s made her television career in Berlin with the Cold War spy series Deutschland... Read More
Interview: Shira Haas on ‘Unorthodox,’ Music, and Working with Women Directors
Israeli actress Shira Haas has shot to stardom in the midst of our world’s unusual circumstances. From supporting roles in the Holocaust drama The Zookeeper’s... Read More
Film Review: ‘Pray Away’ cements itself as a definitive documentary on conversion therapy
Films about conversion therapy and its survivors have been popular in recent years: 2018 brought both Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, where a... Read More
TV Recap: One Day at a Time – S4 E6 “Supermoon”
I didn’t think that this week’s episode of One Day at a Time would tug on my heartstrings when I saw that it was about... Read More
TV Recap: “One Day at a Time” S4 E5 – “Perfect”
The latest episode of One Day at a Time, “Perfect,” begins with some classic Alvarez family antics. Attempting to call out Elena on her fight... Read More
TV Recap: One Day at a Time S4 E4 – “One Halloween at a Time”
his is it! I thought, like the show’s theme song lyrics, as the credits rolled on the fourth episode of the new season of One... Read More
TV Recap: One Day at a Time S4 E3 – “Boundaries”
Okay, let’s just jump in: this episode of the family sitcom One Day at a Timeis all about masturbation, complete with a variety of euphemisms... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Basic Instinct 2’ and ‘The Departed’ (2006) 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 14 
On the Shelf: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’ trilogy, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia,’ ‘Walking Tall’ and the ‘Babe’ Films Arrive on 4K Blu-ray Releases for Week of December 15 
Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Named Best Picture