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: 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…
SIFF Take: Brittany Runs a Marathon
I was admittedly nervous about seeing Brittany Runs a Marathon, because I worried that this would be a “woman loses weight and is instantly happy”…
SIFF Take: The Nightingale
The Nightingale focuses on the historical nightmare of the British colonization of Tasmania and The Black War, which led to the genocide of Aboriginal Australians.…
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
“All of this for what? Because of a puppy?” “It wasn’t just a puppy.” Friends, the third installment of John Wick has arrived and IT.…