Spoilers for Community and Station Eleven below When Donald Glover left Community, I cried. Never mind that I was watching the show in 2017, two years after its finale and three years after Troy sails away with LeVar Burton in “Geothermal…
‘Station Eleven’s reference to an old ‘Star Trek’ episode, explained
Though HBO Max’s Station Eleven is about a deadly pandemic, it’s also a heartwarming exploration of humanity’s strength. We see these themes played out in the episodes set 20 years in the future after the cataclysmic event, in which we…
‘Happiest Season’ review: A heartwarming LGBTQ romcom for straight people
Packed to the brim with wall-to-wall jokes and witty one-liners, a heartfelt premise and performances bursting with chemistry, the Clea Duvall directed Happiest Season is a welcome addition to the feel-good holiday, rom-com genre. A 90-minute escape, Happiest Season transports us into a…
Movie Review: Always Shine
Sophia Takal has a direct vision and it’s one that initially put me off when I left the theater. In your face and vibrant with mean spirited characters, the film doesn’t offer much in the way of emotional connection or…
TV Review: Black Mirror 3×04 “San Junipero”
To catch other reviews to Black Mirror episodes, click here. Up until watching San Junipero I would have used words like “futuristic” and “modernistic” to describe Black Mirror, this time around the one word to describe it would probably be “retro”. In the nightclub scene of…
Trailer for Festival Favorite Always Shine
A trailer for new film Always Shine by indie actress and director Sophia Takal has been released. From the trailer and synopsis, available below, it looks as if the film shares elements with Takal’s last work Green and Alex Ross Perry’s…
Interview: Actor Toby Huss on Season Three of Halt and Catch Fire
Standing alongside Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire has become AMC’s little engine that could. Despite low ratings (and lower ratings the second season), Halt and Catch Fire is back for a third season,…