criticism
You are not smarter than the art you critique
Here's my best advice for young critics: Don't presume you know better.
horror
The full horror of nostalgia
A wave of recent horror movies examines our cultural obsession with nostalgia — but not that closely
freelance
Lingua Franca and the beauty of second chances
Isabel Sandoval's 2019 film about an undocumented immigrant shows new ways to tell trans stories.
batman
Retribution, restoration, and Batman
The 2022 film and the 1990s animated series about the character ask what justice truly looks like.
freelance
What I learned watching the longest movie ever made
Logistics lasts over 35 days, and it might make you think differently about the world.
the worst person in the world
The Worst Person in the World is about dissociation
This Norwegian dramedy kinda sorta captures what it's like to be totally adrift from your own self
freelance
The Matrix Resurrections resonates with trans stories told across generations
The fourth film in the venerable sci-fi franchise locks in to the ways trans people see themselves in each other.
freelance
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a love letter to our misunderstood teenage selves
The Japanese animated film is about so much more than a girl who can, uh, leap through time.
freelance
Four African musicals everybody should watch
These musical delights are a great way to get to know the pop culture of Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa.
freelance
I'm Thinking of Ending Things: Bad Romance
Charlie Kaufman's latest imagines a world where the only light at the end of the tunnel for damaged men is love. But why?
old
We regret to inform you that Old Beach will make you old
Truly sorry. We thought the name would make the beach's strange properties clear.
what are you going to watch
What are you going to watch this weekend? (July 8 edition)
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