Movie Review: I’m No Longer Here
Most stories about the immigrant experience are these sorta sad, but ultimately hopeful affairs. There’s one big reason for that though: usually the immigrant has …
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Movie Review: The Vast of Night
When people think of a science fiction movie, they’ll be quick to mention special effects, aliens, and crazy new worlds they saw. But when people …
Movie Review: Uncorked
Mmmmm. Robust. Tannens are on point. A little apricot aftertaste. Now lets pair that wine with….rib tips and French hip hop? That dichotomy makes Uncorked …
Movie Review: Selah and the Spades
Seeing the monopoly on Teen Coming of Age streaming movies, Amazon Prime decided to get into the game. Selah and the Spades is a good …
Movie Review: Tigertail
If you keep making good things in Hollywood, at some point some studio will give you money to make whatever story you want. Alan Yang …
Movie Review: The Half of It
Shame on you, movie industry. Alice Wu writes and directs a well liked film called Saving Face in 2004. But because the film industry wasn’t …
Movie Review: Blow the Man Down
Small town Maine isn’t exactly high on the list of Hollywood representation. Maybe that’s because a host of powerful women are burying stories like Blow …
Movie Review: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Let me take you back to 2004. The comedy genre exploded that year: 8 eminently quotable comedies came out that year. Most years can barely …
Movie Review: Da 5 Bloods
A Spike Lee joint is a hurricane. There’s a force and velocity to it that’s unstoppable. What’s it destroying in its runtime? Your perspective. You …
Movie Review: 13th
Ava DuVernay did the near impossible with Selma: she made an emotionally complex movie about Martin Luther King Jr. without resulting to outright simplistic hero …