Film Review: ‘You Don’t Nomi’
I refuse to do a search because I’m afraid what it would tell me about how repetitive I get here on this website, but I’d... Read More
Film Reviews
Film Review: Pete Davidson is a revelation in ‘The King of Staten Island’
The King of Staten Island is one of the best and most authentic films of 2020. While some might attribute this to the narrative being 75%... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Vast of Night’ is out of this world
Cayuga, New Mexico is a small ass town, and you can tell it because the camera doesn’t blink as it seems to run the full... Read More
Film Review: ‘Capone’ is a flaming pile of shit
Outside of Shakespeare, there are three recurring characters in the history of cinema: Australia’s Ned Kelly, America’s Al Capone and world cinema’s auteurs. In the... Read More
Film Review: ‘Driveways,’ starring Hong Chau and Brian Dennehy
Now that I live in New York the suburban and small town experience of “the driveway” feels somewhat lost to me — we’ve got our... Read More
Film Review: Adèle Haenel and Jean Dujardin in ‘Deerskin’
It begins with the kernel of an idea. Like literally let us say for our argument’s sake an actual kernel. A popcorn kernel. What if,... 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
Film Review: ‘Extraction’ is a blockbuster of a toothache
We are starved for new movies right now, so a Netflix action movie starring Chris Hemsworth would seem like the perfect medicine for a world... Read More
Film Review: ‘A Secret Love’ is in a league of its own
As every life has a story, so does every love story have a life. Romance has proven to be one of the most popular genres... Read More
Film Review: Drake Doremus’ ‘Endings, Beginnings’ can’t find its place
There’s a moment in Drake Doremus’ ENDINGS, BEGINNINGS that affected me deeply. Curled on her side, Shailene Woodley’s Daphne is held tight by her on-again-off-again... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 131 – ‘High Life’ (Claire Denis, 2019) 
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead 
North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Interview: ‘Marty Supreme’ Casting Director Jennifer Venditti on Finding 1950s Faces and the Magic of Collaborating with Josh Safdie