One of my favorite categories of Reddit posts (don't judge) are those where people who have worked for or near the super-rich share stories that people "wouldn...
In late 2021 I went to Mexico City on my first international vacation in the era of COVID. The world had changed and everything felt both exciting and, given h...
In the middle of Black Box Diaries, journalist Shiori Ito's debut documentary, Ito grins at the camera as she strolls through downtown Tokyo on the day of her ...
It may have nothing to do with the fantastical creations of George Lucas, but in terms of achieving blockbuster-sized thrills, Skywalkers: A Love Story succeed...
Between The Sweet East and, to some extent, American Fiction, cinephiles seem to be increasing their appetite for politically incorrect commentary. Even if you...
A selection at Fantasia Fest and Beyond Fest last year, Teresa Sutherland's Lovely, Dark, and Deep marks the directorial debut for the writer, best known for t...
Floridian residents of a certain age viscerally remember the name Terri Schiavo. She was a woman in a vegetative state who became the center of a national righ...
The first word that comes to mind when thinking of how to write about Thea Hvistendahl's Handling the Undead is: dread. To expand: slow, ponderous dread. Writt...
Ever since The Big Short, Adam McKay’s winking and sardonic explainer about the 2008 financial crisis, a redundant cottage industry of similar-minded criminal ...
One of the most expressive, luminous performances in all of silent cinema is that of Louise Brooks in G. W. Pabst's Pandora's Box. Now, thanks to a new restora...