Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger’s performances in the new Roku series Swimming with Sharks is worth the price of admission. Their connection is immediate as soon as they lock eyes from across Joyce’s …
The 21 Best LGBTQ Couples on TV
It’s Valentine’s Day and we wanted to celebrate some of our favorite LGBTQ couples on television. There’s a lot of them, and we did our best. Across many genres, LGBTQ representation…
Sundance 2022: ‘Girl Picture’ is for Gen-Z, not just about Gen-Z
Directed by Alli Haapasalo and written by Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen, Girl Picture stars Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, and Linnea Leino. It’s part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition s…
How ‘Community’ and ‘Station Eleven’ capture our finite time together
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 …
‘The 355’ review: This all-female spy thriller is not the representation we asked for
Representation is really not enough to justify lackluster action films. An all-female cast in a spy movie is barely a step away from an all female cast of an Oceans movie, or a Ghostbusters film. Thes…
‘Benedetta’ review: A righteous, erotic exploration of sexuality and conviction
Exploring female sexuality and faith, Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta turns what could have been a stuffy dirge of dogma into one of the best films of the year. Benedetta stands on the performances o…
‘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…