‘Leviticus’ Review: Adrian Chiarella Conjures a Timely and Biblically Scary Gay Horror Story [A-]
The beauty of the horror genre is not only in creating thrilling visuals that test your body’s fight-or-flight response, but also in how it tackles... Read More
Nick Ruhrkraut
Nick Ruhrkraut is a dentist by day, avid moviegoer also by day, and night. He enjoys discussing all things Oscar related on his podcast, “Oscar Wild,” including conducting interviews with nominated talent, predicting current awards seasons, and recapping past award ceremonies and winners. In 2020, he became the only person to ever correctly predict all 24 categories for the Oscars on Gold Derby, where he is also a contributing writer and has moderated film and television talent interviews for major studios. He has also written multiple film and television critiques for AwardsWatch. You can find him on Twitter @sauerkraut27.
How Writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt and the Oscar-nominated Hair and Makeup Team Behind ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Twisted Cinderella Into a Gruesome Cautionary Tale [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
The story of Cinderella is a tale nearly as old as time, with hundreds of interpretations dating back to Ancient Greece and found around the... Read More
Writer/Director Charlie Polinger Tackles Teenage Boy Body Horror in his Debut Feature ‘The Plague’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
At first, adolescence feels like an exciting transition between childhood and adulthood marked by an increase in autonomy, a newfound personal identity, and a future... Read More
June Squibb Discusses Exploring Her Jewish Identity, the Universality of Grief, and Finding a Chosen Family in ‘Eleanor the Great’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare wrote: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” He makes “greatness” sound clear-cut when... Read More
‘Sirāt’ Sound Team Kangding Ray and Laia Casanovas Discuss Creating a Spiritual Soundscape on the Highway to Hell [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
There are few films like Sirāt that immediately and completely immerse you, transfix you, then linger in your mind months after viewing. The seemingly straightforward... Read More
Katy O’Brian on Exploring Queer Identity and Getting in the Ring with Sydney Sweeney in Boxing Biopic ‘Christy’ [Interview]
The story of Christy Martin, nee Salters, surely wasn’t an easy or straightforward one to tell, yet its difficult and all too real subject matter... Read More
‘Bad Apples’ Review: The Kids Are Not All Right as Saoirse Ronan Snaps in Audacious Satire of the Education System [B+] TIFF
The phrase “a rotten apple spoils the barrel” has been around for centuries, a warning to show how even one corrupt or troublesome individual can... Read More
‘Normal’ Review: Bob Odenkirk is a Nobody Sheriff Pushed Too Far in Ben Wheatley’s Sisyphean, Odyssean Modern Western [B-] TIFF
No city is too small to hide a secret too large. The latest rendition of this popular trope takes a jab at small town America... Read More
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Review: A Slicker Legacy Sequel Worth Waiting For [B+]
The Golden Age of Slashers in the late 1970s to mid-1980s saw films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Prom Night (1980), and A... Read More
‘Queens of the Dead’ and ‘Twinless’: Two Exceptional LGBTQ+ Features to Celebrate Pride Month Year-Round
Pride month is a time of celebration and reflection, an opportunity to spread love while honoring a long history of activism promoting equality for all... Read More
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Colman Domingo to Receive Variety Creative Conscience Award at 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) 
Interview: Ildikó Enyedi on Working with Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux and Her Triptych Storytelling in ‘Silent Friend’ 
Winners Announced for Golden Gate, Audience Awards of the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM)