Midsommar
Midsommar, aka, I took a trip to a remote Swedish village with my shitty boyfriend and his self-centered friends and all I got was a…
Toy Story 4
Pixar has done it again: Toy Story 4 took me right back to those beautiful days of childhood bliss. In this fourth feature adventure, we’re…
Late Night
First, Emma Thompson can do NO wrong. Second, Mindy Kaling (as you may already know) is super lovable. Third, Late Night is a ridiculously charming…
SIFF Interview: Rainbow Ruthie Marantz
One of my favorite rediscoveries this years was being re-introduced to Rainbow Ruthie during ShortsFest weekend. When Ruthie Marantz was a teen in the 90s,…
SIFF Take: International Falls
Someday I’m gonna write a long, impassioned tribute about how Rachael Harris is one of the funniest and best actresses working today. Harris is one…
SIFF Take: Koko-di Koko-da
I’m not sure how Johannes Nyholm did it, but he managed to make even super adorable hand drawn animation of bunnies look extremely TERRIFYING in…
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Legendary's MonsterVerse continues with Godzilla: King of the Monsters, a sequel to Gareth Edward’s 2014 Godzilla. Thus far, this ‘verse hasn’t thrilled me: I remember…
SIFF Take: A Dog Called Money
PJ Harvey’s album The Hope Six Demolition Project is a mashup of a poetry, travel diary, collaborative composition, and art installation. Harvey traveled with photojournalist…
SIFF Take: Roll Red Roll
In 2012, I remember hearing about the Steubenville rape case via Twitter, and as I started following Alexandria Goddard’s tweets and blogs about, I became…
SIFF Take: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
I didn’t know about Pauline Kael until the early 2000s. Growing up, the only film critics I knew were Siskel & Ebert; I never even…