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…
Grace Jones Bloodlight and Bami Movie Review: Bold yet blah
There’s a moment at the beginning of Sophie Fiennes’ documentary, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, where an adoring fan asks Jones if she’d ever do another movie. She smoothly answe…
A Quiet Place Review: Krasinski Silences with Sheer Suspense
A Quiet Place is as ferociously primal of a horror film as the terrifying predators present throughout. These creatures feed off sound, which is somewhat of a rudimentary gimmick for a horror film mon…
The Miracle Season Movie Review: Lack of sincerity will drive away target audience
There’s a very specific target demographic in mind with director Sean McNamara’s The Miracle Season, a semi-faith-based, inspired-by-true-events underdog story about competitive girls’ volleyball. How…
Blockers Movie Review: A film that 🐓 blocks itself
Throughout the 1980s the teen sex comedy was associated strictly with young men. Even today, movies focused on teenage girls losing their virginity – such as Maggie Carey’s The To-Do List …
Lean On Pete Movie Review: Andrew Haigh spins a beautiful and tragic coming of age tale
What tremendous lengths we go to in order to combat the impending sense of loneliness. That lingering sense of empty space along with the mechanisms of a coming of age story round out director Andrew …
Where is Kyra Movie Review: Michelle Pfeiffer dominates quiet story of loss
The death of a parent is a final cutting of the apronstrings, a literal disassociation from the life you grew up with into the harsh world of adulthood. For some people, this is less of a shock if you…