Writer Aaron Sorkin should stop trying to direct his own scripts. His ticking-clock procedural The Social Reckoning makes so many egregious missteps that watching it to completion can be a chore. But the dazzling Mikey Madison gives one of the best...

Country music superstar Orville Peck isn’t exactly the first name that comes to mind when you think of the razor-claw wielding, masked. martial arts superstar Vega from the Street Fighter video game series, but that’s only because you haven’t been paying...

Trash Panda Go Kart is a name that creates a funny mental image of a couple of raccoons piloting a go-kart, one with its paws on the steering wheel while the other pushes the gas and brake pedals. For Zinnia Su and Selena Kane, the name perfectly captures...

More than half a century after The Rocky Horror Picture Show first stumbled into theaters, Patricia Quinn is still discovering just how enormous the strange little movie became. Quinn, who originated the role of Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show before bringing...

I was introduced to Pregnant Dad at Chop Suey in February at the first-ever Trans Music Showcase. They say to save the best for last — but the host, May Graves, introduced them with something along the lines of: "This band is absolutely terrible. Their music...

Much like last year’s smash The Housemaid, Verity is a pulpy, unabashedly soapy erotic throwback to thrillers like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Sleeping with the Enemy. Unfortunately, unlike that jolt of cartoonish, female-driven silliness, filmmaker...

It’s no secret: Across the country, Americans face a crisis of community. The cult of individuality has left many feeling isolated and alone, as though nobody could understand their personal stories or struggles. In 2022, seeing the need for more authentic...

For anyone who treated To Catch a Predator like appointment television, watching Primetime is a surreal experience. Documentarian Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven) makes his narrative feature debut with this disquieting docudrama, and those buying a ticket...

Let’s get this out of the way first: Forgotten Island is an absolute blast. It’s chaotic, funny, and scary in the best way, hitting you emotionally before you even realize it. DreamWorks Animation’s latest film, arriving September 25, is the kind of movie that...

Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to be in Seattle as Tim Murray taped something truly special — and yes, you heard that right: I was in the audience. That performance has now been crafted into Tim Murray Is Witches, a comedy special full of...