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...

For audiences who first discovered Chris Salvatore nearly two decades ago through the Eating Out films, his latest role may come as something of a shock. Gone is the charming, handsome romantic lead that audiences came to know as Zack. In the apocalyptic Queer...

I love that director and cowriter Zach Cregger used his clout from last year’s surprise, Academy Award–winning hit Weapons to get the keys to the Resident Evil franchise. Why not have some fun? Why not make something that hits hard, moves fast, and isn’t...

When I phoned Seattle community organizer and filmmaker Sophie Amity Debs to chat about the second Seattle Trans Underground Film Festival, known as STUFF, taking place October 15–18 at the Northwest Film Forum, I admittedly didn’t know what to expect. What I...

I have an affinity for Katy Perry. I do admit she’s like the Walmart version of a wannabe pop princess, who showcases a ton of glitz, a dash of glamor, and a lot of cookie-cutter, overcaffeinated theatricality, but I’m not remotely above humming along happily...

I have so many questions regarding Practical Magic 2. Was the 1998 original so beloved that it required a legacy sequel? Why does it so casually undo the uplifting ending of its predecessor, meaning why are magical sisters Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian...

Some films are easy to categorize: keep or skip, thumbs up or down. The Weight resists that simplicity. This Depression-era survival drama offers plenty to admire, notably Ethan Hawke’s career-best performance and the outstanding cinematography. Yet for every...

In the great Australian grindhouse tradition of combining unrelentingly bleak exploitation with subversive, politically incorrect black comedy into one lean, mean horror yarn, Penny Lane Is Dead is one of the more discombobulating discoveries I’ve come across...

In the dog days of a sweltering 1986 Australian summer, Penny Lane (Bailey Spalding) and her best friends Toni (Tahlee Fereday) and Amy (Alexandra Jensen) have her secluded house all to themselves. They’re planning on celebrating her getting into college, and...

The path to queerness isn’t always straight. That’s the message at the core of Seattle-based filmmaker Kaylie Connors’ upcoming project, Summer of Eden, a Queer coming-of-age feature film cowritten by Connors, made on location in Seattle and Bellingham and...