Finding Her Voice Episode 12: Sofia Coppola

Hello and welcome to TYF’s newest podcast series, Finding Her Voice. Joined by editor in chief Gabrielle Bondi and film and television writer AJ Caulfield, we’ve come together to highlight, celebrate and discuss films directed by women. From the very…

Survivor: Game Changers 34×08 Review: “A Line Drawn in Concrete”

I called it! I knew something like this would come back to haunt this castaway. Survivor is a cruel game that loves to dish out ironic karma. Whenever a powerful twist is handed to someone, it comes with a curse.…

IFF Boston Review: Columbus

It’s imperative that we establish a basic truth right off the bat. Maybe this is common knowledge and I’ve been living under a rock. It’s possible. I prefer to believe, however, that like me, most people have no idea just…

TV Review: Dear White People Season 1

Simply put, writer/director Justin Simien’s feature film debut Dear White People was one of 2014’s best movies. Sharp, funny, and extremely relevant, Dear White People shined a light on the modern forms of racism in backhanded ethnicity compliments and assumed…

TV Review: Fargo 3×01 “The Law of Vacant Places”

Noah Hawley’s Fargo once again opens under the dubious guise of being a “true story,” a subheading, perhaps the most abused in modern entertainment, which seems only to redefine the “truth” than embrace it. Yet, the episode “The Law of…

Tribeca Review: When God Sleeps

As the title suggests, Till Schauder’s When God Sleeps is less about exiled Iranian musician Shahin Najafi than it is a portrait of a man grasping for faith, grasping for purpose in the midst of unthinkable persecution. In 2012, Iran…

The lingering effect of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why

Spoilers for season one of 13 Reasons Why lie ahead… It’s been about a month since I first watched the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and I can’t shake it. From Hannah’s mounting desperation and depression, to Jessica’s flayed sense of safety to Clay’s…