“Your mind is already polluted,” says Ms. Dehkhoda, the school principal, to a class of young Iranian girls. All they can do is nod while being punished for a crime they didn’t even commit: having sex. Using a horror story…
Video Game Review: Far Cry 5
Before Far Cry 5 starts, you see the following message: Far Cry 5 is based on a modern reality. Any relation to real persons is purely coincidental. And while this seems like a typical message to put on any piece…
Borg vs McEnroe Serves up a Forgettable Sports Film
In the past year we’ve witnessed two of the most iconic tennis matches in sports history. First, it was feminist Billie Jean King versus sexist Bobby Riggs in 2017’s The Battle of the Sexes, and now it’s the stone-cold Bjorn…
Isle of Dogs is a whimsical, dystopian fairy tale
Even if you’ve never seen a Wes Anderson film before, you can spot one out from a mile away. His attention to detail, color palettes and symmetrical frames are part of his MO and planted him as one of the…
The Alienist 1×09 Review: “Requiem”
With only one episode left, The Alienist pulled a risky move by shoving their titular character to the side for the duration of its penultimate episode. But surprisingly enough, the episode works perfectly without him. For the whole series, we’ve…
Flower Movie Review: Zoey Deutch is terrific in a not so great film
Max Winkler’s Flower is an indie-coming of age that begs the question: What if the manic pixie dream girl had a raunchy side to her and repeatedly drew penises in her notebook? The result is Zoey Deutch’s Erica, a feisty…
The Alienist 1×08 Review: “Psychopathia Sexualis”
Ladies, don’t ever say “I love you” to a man in a television show. It will almost never end well for you. Either you will get your heart broken or you will die a horrible death so that the man…
