Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Beyoncé, Sweetie, I’m So Sorry”
When you think about the best, most illustrious Housewives cities (I’m looking at you, New York and Atlanta), they’ve been successful for so long because... Read More
Reviews
Fantasia Review: ‘The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw’ is a wicked coming-of-age tale
It’s autumn of 1973, but you wouldn’t know it. As a plane flies above, what’s below is a settlement that looks 100 years in the... Read More
Film Review: Christopher Nolan’s time-bending ‘Tenet’ is his most challenging film yet
In the canon of Christopher Nolan films, Tenet is the same thing in reverse, and that’s not a bad thing SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS... Read More
Film Review: Jayro Bustamante’s ‘La Llorona’ (2020), an absorbing examination of an untold history and the politics of horror
The Guatemalan genocide, or the “silent holocaust,” is the setting for director and writer Jayro Bustamante’s new film La Llorona–not to be confused with the... Read More
Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Hello, Charisse”
There comes a moment in every new friendship when the glossy facade of perfection and the constant desire to impress fades away, leading to vulnerability... Read More
Fantasia Review: ‘Sheep Without a Shepherd’ is a Masterful Ode to Movie Lovers
“I saw it in a movie” is something everyone has said at least once, and it’s this phrase that’s the essence of Sam Quah’s feature... Read More
Film Review: ‘Sputnik’ is better red than dead
A feast for hypochondriacs, Sputnik asks the question, “What if that tickle in the back of your throat is actually a parasitic alien life-form that slithers out... Read More
Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi: Episode 15 – Curating the Perfect Madonna Album
It’s been a lot of fun talking with my good friend Abdi Nazemian about our deep love for and connection to Madonna and her music... 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
Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Nobody Likes A Gangbang”
“Now that I have my baby…that’s the only crap I take.” Ashley Darby, you are testing me. Oof, this tagline. Not only is Miss “I’m... Read More
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Fight It Out 
Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne and More 
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12 
Delroy Lindo, Michelle Satter, Sony Pictures Among African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees