Throughout the month of October we’ll be looking at the best decades that the horror genre had to offer, and how they influenced future filmmakers and movie goers alike. We remember the 1930s less for its films than for its…
Fresh Off the Boat 4×01 Review: “B as in Best Friend”
The season four premiere of Fresh Off the Boat delivers the best episode in the series to date. In fact, I would even go as far as calling this a masterpiece episode for the show. I don’t know if it can…
Ten Reasons to Read FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS
Welcome to the blog tour for Julie C. Dao’s debut novel, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns! Today I’m sharing 10 reasons why you should read this stunning fantasy novel featuring a fantastic antiheroine: Xifeng – Xifeng is one of the…
Movie Review: The Square
The Square is a film about a social experiment which is, in its own odd way, itself a social experiment. Said experiment asks if a panel of Cannes jurists can overlook a film’s glaring structural problems, general listlessness, uneven tone,…
Ghosted Series Premiere Review
Ghosted is off to a really bad start. Despite having both Adam Scott and Craig Robinson, neither of their characters stand out. Max doesn’t feel like a genius and Leroy doesn’t seem like a cop, but somehow the viewers are…
The Top 15 TV Couples and Why We Love Them
Romance on television has far and wide been one of the most enduring aspects of any story. Some couples take center stage, while others stay contentedly on the sidelines. Regardless of how prominent they may be on their respective shows, romances…
VIFF Review: Thelma
To read previous VIFF coverage, click here. Coming out of Norway, Joachim Trier’s newest film may be perhaps the most hallucinatory and lecherous romantic vision put to screen this year, and with its genuine sense of character beneath the macabre,…