Appropriate Behavior, directed by first time director Desiree Akhavan, is a confident and charming film about a young woman struggling with her conflicting identities. The movie watches her try and grapple with her family’s wishes of her becoming an ideal Persian…
TV Review: Shameless (5×02) – “I’m the Liver”
Fiona is her own worst enemy and ultimately is Frank and Monica’s daughter. Few things are as clear as that on this week’s episode of Shameless, which, while still taking its time in figuring out the season’s mood, is at…
Women in Film Wednesday: Bright Star (2009)
Despite featuring John Keats as one of the main characters, it’s Abbie Cornish’s Fanny Brawne who leads this lush and tranquil love story. Written and directed by Jane Campion, the movie begins with the seamstress Fanny being introduced to unsuccessful poet…
If I Had a Ballot: My Picks for the Oscars
I am not in any way shape or form an Oscar pundit who meticulously follows the statistics of who will and won’t be nominated for an Oscar. I take guesses and much of the time my guesses align themselves with…
TV Review: ‘Broad City’ Season 2 Premiere
Hello all, welcome to my weekly coverage of Broad City. For those who have read anything by me before you’ll know that this show and its two leads, Abbi Jacobson and Illana Glazer, were one of my favorite things on…
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2×13) – “Payback”
I guess it was inevitable that Brooklyn Nine-Nine would produce an episode that largely missed the mark, but it doesn’t make it any less disappointing when it happens. “Payback” is a funny episode and, interestingly enough, a welcome showcase for…
TV Review: Shameless (5×01) – “Milk of the Gods”
For a show to remain as consistently strong as Shameless has up until its fifth season is no laughable feat. For it to have delivered its strongest season last year is even more impressive, so the fifth season is getting…
