Every year when we get to this point there’s a mixture of dread and excitement concerning the compiling of this list [and I’m sure my fellow editors would agree]. On the one hand, it’…
Widows Review: Viola Davis Shines in this Reinvigorating Take on the Heist Thriller
Viola Davis continues to perform on a level all her own in Steve McQueen’s taut and thrilling Widows. A socio-political heart pounding heist, McQueen demonstrates his impressive versatility with…
Finding Her Voice: The Love Witch [Podcast]
Hello and welcome to TYF’s newest podcast series, Finding Her Voice. Joined by editor in chief Gabrielle Bondi and film and television writer AJ Caulfield, we’ve come together to highlight…
Boy Erased Movie Review: A Strong Ensemble Stabilizes Joel Edgerton’s Adaptation
Based on Garrard Conley’s memoir Boy Erased: A Memoir, writer director and Joel Edgerton does fine work in adapting from the source material a story of familial and internal strife that intrinsi…
Burning Movie Review: Lee Chang-dong’s Newest Masterpiece is Haunting and Magnificent
How complacent are we in our inability to retain memory in the fashion in which it is materialized? How complicit are we when inability to see past our own desires, our own justifications and belief s…
‘Beautiful Boy’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Astonishes in Painful, Messy and True Story About Addiction
Early in Felix Van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy, based on the best selling novels by David and Nic Sheff, David (Steve Carrell) is told that relapse is to be expected in addiction recovery –…
‘A Star is Born’ Review: This Musically Inclined Romance is Uneven but Undoubtedly Evocative
A Star is Born,as the fourth iteration of this story, needed to breathe new life into the reincarnatio, an idea that the film references when talking about the familiar and repetitive nature of music.…