Reviews

A Ghost Costume You Can’t Outdo: “Presence” (2024)
New storytelling methods and dark themed plotlines deliver a soap opera for emos.

A Rilkean Heart: “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” (2025)
He was twisted and taunted, playful and poised, severed and safe–an anomaly of man birthed from waif.

Giving Boys Guns: “Warfare” (2025)
“Join the Navy,” they said. “See the world,” they said.

Waiting for “The Green Ray” (1986)
Embrace novel exchanges or stay alone with old memories

An Avalanche Called “Snow White” (2025)
Snow White’s legacy was dwindling, and Disney exacerbated it.

Pervy Prowls and Guinea Fowls
Cultural ignorance and chauvinist incompetencies are universal observances…

Life, Death, and Reprint? “Mickey 17” (2025)
POV: Your job is to perpetually die and you will still need to beg your boss for a livable wage and basic human dignity.

Floods, Friends, and A Feline
Flow (2024) is an animated feature film with a cat protagonist that dances with death and plays with paws in ways so harmonious you won’t realize the film doesn’t even have any dialogue.

Palestinians Know “No Other Land” (2024)
Seven decades of imperialist occupation and five recent years of videographic evidence merits Oscar Academy recognition but no socio-political change.

Every “Companion” (2025) Needs Aftercare!
Leave it to a man to break a robot’s heart, and thank Drew Hancock for the revelation.

Mike Leigh Does it Again in “Hard Truths” (2024)
The hardest pill to swallow is the truth, and no one discerns this philosophy like Mike Leigh.