‘DTF St. Louis’ Review: Jason Bateman and David Harbour Star in Sex and Death Mystery That’s Mostly Flaccid [D]
I was 18 the first time I downloaded Grindr, an app I had been fully unaware of before an explanation from a close gay friend... Read More
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‘Mint’ Review: Ambition Outpaces Impact in ‘Scrapper’ Director Charlotte Regan’s Stylish BBC Crime Drama Series [C+] Berlinale
After the breakout success of Scrapper, her acclaimed indie debut starring Harris Dickinson, the bar for Charlotte Regan’s next project was inevitably set high. That... Read More
‘17’ Review: Kosara Mitić’s Devastating Debut Exposes the Cost of Silence and Complicity [B] Berlinale
There are films that portray sexual violence as isolated tragedy and then there are films that examine the systems that make such tragedy possible. With... Read More
‘Scrubs’ Season 1 TV Review: Zach Braff Anchors Zippy Revival with Original Run’s Dramedy Balance [B]
Scrubs, the medical sitcom that aired on NBC from 2001 to 2008 before shifting to ABC through 2010, was once one of television’s most inventive... Read More
‘Flies (Moscas)’ Review: To Be a Fly on the Wall is to See All in Fernando Eimbcke’s Quiet Family Drama [B-] Berlinale
It begins with the buzzing of a fly. That thin, nerve-fraying sound that slices through the silence and refuses to disappear. Flies are tiny invaders,... Read More
‘The Blood Countess’ Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Glamorous Vampire Mother Rises Above Baroque Bungle [C-] Berlinale
Isabelle Huppert glides through an underground grotto as if she is about to launch a global tour. A neon-red boat slices across the dark waters... Read More
‘Paradise’ Season 2 Review: There Goes the Neighborhood [B-]
As our world gets more chaotic, TV shows about post-apocalyptic survivors are sometimes strangely comforting and cathartic. There are zombie stories like The Walking Dead... Read More
‘How to Make a Killing’ Review: The Latest Eat the Rich Satire is Starving to Death [C-]
When the director of an impressive film made on a shoestring budget gets to spread their wings a bit with access to more money and... Read More
Make it a Double Feature: ‘Daughters of the Dust’ and ‘Eve’s Bayou’
Black History Month is not only a month where we acknowledge pivotal Black figures throughout history, and a form of acknowledgment that should be year-round,... Read More
‘At the Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Gasps for Air in Film Desperate to Drown Her Under the Weight of Water [C] Berlinale
Amy Adams gazes just past the camera. Her expression is tired, hollow, as if any additional emotion would already be too much. In this extended... Read More
‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ Album Review: Olivia Rodrigo Makes the Poison Sound Like the Cure [A-] 
‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Review: Gritty Take on the Folk Legend Takes Rich Text and Makes it Poor [C-] 
Daddy Issues, Aliens, Sharks, and Nazi Hunters: Ranking Our 15 Favorite Steven Spielberg Films 
Interview: Leslie Bibb Straps In to Talk About Her Hilarious Guest Spot on the Final Season of ‘Hacks’