Pride Picks: Top LGBTQ+ Novels for Pride Month

Happy Pride Month, everyone! This marks a time dedicated to celebrating the voices, faces, contributions, and lives of anyone identifying as LGBTQ+. This month is the time to shine light on LGBTQ+ portrayal and representation, both in real life and…

Oscar Nominations 2018: History-Making Firsts, Snubs & The Full List

The race to the Oscar just got real. This morning, the Academy announced its nominees for the 90th Oscars from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. As per tradition, this list of nominations gives us plenty of things to argue…

The Importance of Recognizing Genre Cinema at The 2018 Oscars

The Academy Awards largely represent a vast disconnect between voting members and general audiences. While the nominated films are championed by various award bodies and critics alike, box office success rarely correlates with movies deemed as being “best picture” worthy.…

The 25 Best Films of 2017

Don’t trust anyone who likes to end the given year by saying “it was a bad year for movies”. They’re both wrong (obviously) and also, clearly, haven’t seen enough. The riches are there and sometimes you just have to look…

Movie Review: Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name ventures into a realm of romantic and sexual possibility in some sunny territory referred to only in the film as “somewhere in Italy.” Luca Guadagnino is a master of lavish and seductive tones but, guided…

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards: Nominations Announced

The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced this morning. This past year has been another strong one for independent films. with features like Call Me by Your Name, The Florida Project, Get Out, Lady Bird, and The Rider headlining the competition. One could also say the ISA…

Live From the AFI Film Festival:Call Me By Your Name Red Carpet

The first full day of the festival saw several prominent titles make their Los Angeles review, but the hot-ticket film was Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name. The film that’s captured audiences’ attention since it’s festival debut in January,…