Movie

  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    - Mar 13, 2022
    It’s 1997. I’m eleven years old at a sleepover where I tell all the girls my favorite actor is Nicolas Cage and I can’t wait to see “Con Air”. My three favorite movies are “Moonstruck,” “Raising...
  • The Lost City

    - Mar 13, 2022
    “The Lost City” isn’t an especially unique film; its premise draws on “Romancing the Stone” and countless other adventure movies. Its punchlines are recognizable from a distance as the volcano dominating the remote island where most...
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    - Mar 12, 2022
    Few things in life are certain besides death, taxes, and maybe the never-ending task that is doing laundry. At least that’s where the characters in writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, new...
  • Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Erica Ford’s LIFE Camp

    - Mar 12, 2022
    Violence is a disease. We have to be Peace Doctors.. Human Defibrillators to put love back in their hearts and their souls and their minds…Together we can have a United Nations of Peace for the Streets… co-producing public...
  • Living Legend Floyd Norman: An Animated Life Now Available on the Criterion Channel

    - Mar 11, 2022
    I don’t go all “Fan Girl” over many people, but when I met Floyd Norman, I geeked out. He is truly a Living Legend. Michael Fiore and Erik Sharkey’s 2016 documentary, “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life,” explores...
  • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

    - Mar 11, 2022
    It is no secret that elderly Americans are treated only slightly better than lepers. Barely scraping by on Social Security checks and pensions (if that), old people are pushed aside because their buying power is limited...
  • Lady Villainy: A Feast of Wicked Iconoclasts

    - Mar 10, 2022
    It isn’t the people they save, it was never the disasters they avert, and a big heart is lovely but kindness doesn’t do it either. There is only one entity or force that validates a hero:...
  • Women Writers Week 2022: Table of Contents

    - Mar 9, 2022
    This week, all of our content on the site is written by women. We’ll update this table of contents page with links to new pieces as they go up. INTRO Introduction to Women Writers Week by Chaz...
  • Turning Red

    - Mar 9, 2022
    Back in middle school, when she was barely a young teen, this critic had, ahem, a massive crush on a boy one year her senior. I can’t recall if we were already a couple when I...
  • The Annotated Table of Contents and Bios for Women Writers Week 2022

    - Mar 9, 2022
    In honor of Women’s History Month, I am happy to present the dynamic female writers for Women Writers Week 2022. We are featuring their articles and reviews all week, and wanted to acquaint you with each of them...