5 life lessons from Full Moon Features
You know, the month of May started out pretty strong. It’s spring, temps are getting high again, the sun’s out. We already know the world is a hellscape, but it seemed to have pause for a bit....
Category: Film and movies
Detective Pikachu had so much going for it. Then the ableism showed up.
Alright, has everyone seen the painfully adorable yet surprisingly deep Detective Pikachu yet? Good, let's talk about how terrifyingly messed up it is in terms of disability… with some light...
Blowin’ Up chronicles harm reduction at the Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court
“I hate court. I didn’t want to be at court. No one likes court. It’s boring. It’s terrible. It’s chaotic. And having to tell someone they have to do five sessions with me to get an...
Us is a stellar entry in the hood horror art form
So, you enjoyed Get Out but maybe that movie centered whiteness a little too much for you. Maybe you found it a little too neat and on the nose after the fact. Well, I’m happy to announce that Us...
Leprechaun Returns is a true return to form
Another St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone and hopefully the throngs of green-attired tourists in your town have gone back home & to work in the morning. What was Horror Movie Twitter doing on...
Juanita demonstrates all the best parts of what Netflix can be
Like Napster back in the day, streaming (and pirating) has been allegedly killing the film business for a decade plus. It’s actually not, but that’s the latest thing for us to shake our fists at...
4 Black takes better than the white originals
Time to call it a wrap on Black History Month (until June, in which we celebrate Black Music) with something else different yet again: the black versions! There has always been a mainstream (read:...
The Notorious BHL: Bernard-Henri Lévy on Peshmerga and the Fate of the World
Long hailed as France’s most famous – and controversial – public intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy has been making waves through his writing and speaking (and outsized personality) since his...
Orfeu negro stunningly mixes Greek myth and Afro-Brazilian religion
Well, if your Black History (Awareness) Month hasn’t been poppin’ so far, maybe you need a little bossa nova. I want to widen the scope a little outside of America and take in one of my favorite...
The Story of the XFL is How Donald Trump is Really Just Vince McMahon with Worse Hair
Watching ESPN’s documentary on Vince McMahon’s infamous failed football league, This Was the XFL, struck me in a lot of ways. In part because it’s an excellent and slickly-produced film, but...