As not all of us are ready to dive headfirst into a very large and excitable crowd of music lovers just yet, it’s been a nice reprieve to have festivals choose to stream their content (at least some of it)…
Fantasia 2022 : ‘The Girl From the Other Side’ shows off stunning, fantasy animation
Simultaneously emulating a sense of wonder and dread in classic, gothic forms, The Girl From the Other Side is a masterful expression of loneliness and the compassion of being seen. Based on their 2019 short of the same name and adapted from…
‘Not Okay’ review : Writer and director Quinn Shephard’s blade is sharpened in scathing influencer satire
There’s a lot to unpack in Quinn Shephard’s Not Okay, her follow-up to her debut film, the 2017 high school drama Blame. Channeling the energy of a writer possessed with the deserved, righteous anger of her generation, Shepherd’s latest bares…
‘Jack in the Box’ review: Solo debut of BTS member J-Hope is musically creative
Seemingly throwing away the artifice of his name’s moniker, J-Hope digs deep in the thematically potent and musically creative Jack in the Box. J-Hope is the first of BTS’ seven members to release a solo product following their announcement of…
Fantasia 2022 : ‘Goodbye, Don Glees!’ is a visually grand depiction of the trials and triumphs of growing up
With the obvious comparison being the Rob Reiner Stephen King adaptation Stand By Me, it should come as little surprise that Goodbye, Don Glees!, from director Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further than the Universe), is as visually grandiose as it is narratively…
‘Don’t Make Me Go’ review : Sure it made me cry, but so does cutting onions
In Hannah Marks’s emotional Don’t Make Me Go, John Cho and Mia Isaac make for a believable duo as father and daughter, in two tremendous, lived-in performances that elevate the film. At least for the first three quarters. Spoilers for the…
25 years later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ is still one of the most wondrous animated films ever made
Everyone has their pick of their favorite Hayao Miyazaki movie. Polling my friend group in what was supposed to be an easy, select one (and only one) film question, resulted in multiple titles being brought up. From an assertion that…
