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REVIEW: ‘High School’ Gives Viewers a Tender Glimpse Into Queer Canadian Adolescence
REVIEW: ‘High School’ Gives Viewers a Tender Glimpse Into Queer Canadian Adolescence
‘High School’ treats its characters with grace and understanding, even in their most vulnerable moments.
REVIEW: ‘Dead to Me’ Season 3 Unfolds a Poignant, Touching Final Chapter
REVIEW: ‘Dead to Me’ Season 3 Unfolds a Poignant, Touching Final Chapter
“For three years, creator Liz Feldman placed Jen Harding (Christina Applegate) and best friend Judy Hale (Linda Cardellini) on the frontlines of loss, cracking open their hearts to let the li…
The Best Comedy Specials of 2022
The Best Comedy Specials of 2022
Even if one can’t heal the world with comedy, one certainly can try. From the radically intimate and laidback to the extravagantly oversized, this article lists twelve of the best comedy specials r…
It’s Kind of a Funny (New Year’s Eve) Story
It’s Kind of a Funny (New Year’s Eve) Story
The current iteration of our traditional New Year’s Eve party was conceived exactly a decade ago, on the precipice of 2013 (a good year, for what it’s worth, and my fifteenth year overall). Though …
An Ageless Portrayal of Time Lost, ‘I Vitelloni’ (1953) Captures Ennui That Feels All Too Familiar
An Ageless Portrayal of Time Lost, ‘I Vitelloni’ (1953) Captures Ennui That Feels All Too Familiar
In ‘The Hitcher’ (1986), an Act of Kindness Results in a Claustrophobic Highway Nightmare
In ‘The Hitcher’ (1986), an Act of Kindness Results in a Claustrophobic Highway Nightmare
Derived from an act of kindness, ‘The Hitcher’ is pure chaos unravelling on the American highways as a young man has his life turned into a nightmare by the hitchhiker he was naive enou…
“Do You Want to Mango With Me?” An Exploration of Female Pleasure in Alli Hapasalo’s ‘Girl Picture’ (2022)
“Do You Want to Mango With Me?” An Exploration of Female Pleasure in Alli Hapasalo’s ‘Girl Picture’ (2022)
REVIEW: White Lotus Season 2, A Week in Paradise Begins
REVIEW: White Lotus Season 2, A Week in Paradise Begins
HBO’s The White Lotus is back for a second season after the critically acclaimed first, which took home a handful of Emmys, including one for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. This time, it …
The Unlikely Rom-Coms of Elaine May
The Unlikely Rom-Coms of Elaine May
LFF 2022 REVIEW: A Baumbachian Descent into Calamity Culture and Disaster for ‘White Noise’
LFF 2022 REVIEW: A Baumbachian Descent into Calamity Culture and Disaster for ‘White Noise’
★★★★★ “As Baumbach satirises consumer culture, he in turn finds dignified meaning to the lives of Delilo’s terrified counterparts” The notes I made during Noah Baumbach’s screen talk following his …
REVIEW: ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ is a Hit of Nostalgia for Noughties Indie Kids
REVIEW: ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ is a Hit of Nostalgia for Noughties Indie Kids
We begin with home movie footage showing a pair messing with an electronic keyboard, preparing to show their parents a new song they had written. The pair are The Moldy Peaches, a band perhaps syno…
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