Hava, Maryam, Ayesha ★★★
Stories from women’s voices are few and far between from Afghanistan and other conservative Muslim countries. Sahraa Karimi is theContinue Reading
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The Films of Laura Dern
An actress ever since she was a child, Laura Dern has captured our attention through her authoritative screen presence, regularContinue Reading
Not Impossible to Touch: When Time Stands Still in Before Sunrise
“So, think of this as time travel from then, to now, to find out what you’re missing out on,” saysContinue Reading
An Original Imitation: Love and Art in Certified Copy
Is a copy of art valuable on its own, simply something that leads to the original, or is it evenContinue Reading
Horse Girl ★★
We live in a time where films and other pieces of pop culture are rife for exploitation and critique. VariousContinue Reading
Cinema Paradiso: Love Through the Lens of Experience
As the lights dim in the theater, the eyes of the six-year-old boy light up. His eyes are so wideContinue Reading
Black Bear ★★★
Lawrence Michael Levine’s third directorial feature, which had its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is a hard filmContinue Reading
Letting Go of the Past in My Sassy Girl
If you were Korean or around Koreans at the turn of the century, My Sassy Girl would have been partContinue Reading
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story ★★½
If you lived during the 1990s, then you are most likely familiar with the popular Nickelodeon cartoon The Ren &Continue Reading
Romance Through Fantasy in The Shape of Water
“When he looks at me, the way he looks at me… he does not know what I lack. Or howContinue Reading
