Every decade or so, we get new media that only entertains us but educates us on the experiences of the next generation. Many times they highlight the new complexities and differences of their experien…
Movie Review: ‘The Kill Team’ reveals the unexpected horrors of war crimes. But also why they happen at all.
Many who see The Kill Team will have never served a day in the US military, and even fewer will have found themselves in direct combat. Many of us have no idea how to properly cope with the traumas an…
Interview: The Farewell’s Lulu Wang on Belonging to Two Cultures, Awkwafina, and Being Selfish
Think of the most devasting experience in your life. Remember how incredibly personal it feels and how you think that this experience is unique only to you. Now realize that when sharing your experien…
Midsommar Movie Review: Everything’s okay in the middle of summer
Major spoilers below. All hail the May Queen. In Ari Aster’s sophomore follow-up to last year’s brilliant Hereditary, the horror moves from the claustrophobic space of personal grief and m…
Interview: Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails talk love and pain in The Last Black in San Francisco
When I was growing up, there was always an unspoken code between friends who were boys. There was a way we were supposed to act and an expectation that even the closest friendships would be casual and…
‘High Life’ Review – Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche search for meaning in the depths of space
The opening moments of High Life are jarring in their dissimilarity. Here we are on a hollow, almost completely abandoned ship out in deep space with a set design echoing the third act of Alien, and r…
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Trailer: Joe Talbot Tackles Friendship In The Midst of Gentrification
At this point, A24 is just stacking the deck in their favor this year. Joe Talbot’s sweeping tale about friendship and gentrification, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, was one of many films …