Movies
Between failing to capitalize on Frozen’s queer subtext to positioning a cop mentioning her girlfriend in passing as a watershed moment, I’ve long since stopped hoping Disney would put queer ch...
Ridley Scott seems to have discovered the secret to making Jared Leto palatable: render him unrecognizable, make sure everything he says is incomprehensible, and limit his time on-screen to no more th...
The rural Korean village of Gokseong has a problem. People are killing one another in frenzies of homicidal glee. They’re also growing rashes and boils all over their bodies, erupting in foul-mouthed...
This week finds many of us quarantined in our homes, stuck inside with our anxieties for company while cable news and social media whisper alternating streams of apocalyptic nihilism and blustering de...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one wild and winding timeline. It sports dozens of movies, plus a few TV shows, split across multiple “phases.” It’s been more than a decade in the making. But, with t...
I went into the new Ghostbusters with some degree of trepidation.
Werner Herzog is a prolific filmmaker, known chiefly for his narrated feature-length documentaries including Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, and Cave of Forgotte...
Happy Valentine’s Day! Or… Palentine’s or Galentine’s or whatever tickles your particular fancy. This week, we’re falling in love (maybe!) with a classic screwball comedy of the 1930s, Howard Hawks’ <...
This week, the crime crew of merritt k, Steven Strom and Danielle Riendeau watch and discuss Michael Mann’s macho 1995 classic, Heat. A crime drama with surprising ties to reality, unbelievable cinema...
The Satanic Temple might not be what you think it is. It was founded in the last decade by a bunch of folks who wanted to use Satan as a symbol for tolerance and religious pluralism in the US,...