Last Valentine’s Day, I had a bit of fun writing about ten LGBTQIA+ “romances” that I enjoy watching — not just in February but pretty much whenever the opportunity arises. This was a fun, eclectic, and wildly divisive list filled with idiosyncratic choices...
Arts & Entertainment: Film
While I’m not ready to say I liked 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple more than I did its magnificent predecessor, last summer’s 28 Years Later, I will state that director Nia DaCosta, writer Alex Garland, and producer Danny Boyle deliver one of the more...
There’s something about watching two great actors in flawless synchronicity bouncing off one another with vivacious, freewheeling enthusiasm. Think William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, or Jake...
Is This Thing On? is a rare gem of a film that surprises viewers with its humor, emotion, and honest portrayal of life’s unexpected challenges. Directed by Bradley Cooper and co-written with Will Arnett and Mark Chappell, the story follows Alex Novak (Arnett),...
In a 2022 referendum, Cuba passed a historic new Family Code by an overwhelming vote. The new Family Code: guaranteed the right of all people to form a family without discrimination, legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing same-sex couples to adopt children,...
A beloved family chimpanzee gets rabies. Carnage ensues. That’s the premise for the visceral horror yarn Primate, and while comparisons to Stephen King’s 1981 novel Cujo, the 1986 Elisabeth Shue thriller Link, and the “Gordy” sequence in Jordan Peele’s 2022...
Twinless isn’t just a film — it’s a visceral journey into the raw, unfiltered realities of grief, identity, and the human need for connection. At its heart, it’s a Queer story, unapologetically authentic and unafraid to delve into the complexities of flawed,...
Paul Feig’s The Housemaid is a sleek, stylish thriller that knows exactly how to keep its audience entertained. Based on Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel, the film is a delicious blend of psychological tension, glamorous visuals, and jaw-dropping twists....
When 2025 is looked back on, it’s likely it will be thought of as the year of Warner Bros. Not just because it released some of the year’s biggest IP hits (Minecraft, Superman) but also because it took on significant risk with several original properties, most...
I have a theory about remakes. The best ones tackle an interesting idea or narrative thread that never lived up to its intriguing potential the first time around. John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon, Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot, Tony Scott’s Man on Fire,...