Barbie ★★★
In 1972, a group of feminist activists called the National Organization for Women picketed the New York City wholesale ToyContinue Reading
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What We’re Watching – August 2023
The summer heat has brought us to a number of bold, challenging, and controversial titles this month (and one coming-of-ageContinue Reading
Films About Innovation
With Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer around the corner, we look to films about innovation as the theme for July’s Retrospective Roundtable. ReadContinue Reading
What We’re Watching – July 2023
Our What We’re Watching column this month focuses on both profound auteurs as well as two lesser known LGBT filmsContinue Reading
Asteroid City ★★★★
Wes Anderson‘s Asteroid City asks, “What is the meaning of life?” As it shows, maybe there is an answer, orContinue Reading
The Films of Merchant Ivory Productions
Sixty years ago, Merchant Ivory Productions produced its first feature film. The production company came about as a collaboration betweenContinue Reading
You Hurt My Feelings ★★★½
Beth Mitchell (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is an author whose career has gone under the radar. Her latest published work, a memoir,Continue Reading
American Suburbia and All That Heaven Allows
Douglas Sirk‘s 1955 romantic melodrama All That Heaven Allows opens on the fictional New England hamlet of Stoningham. As theContinue Reading
Beau is Afraid ★★½
“Guilty”, Beau’s therapist writes in his notepad. The single word carries a load of meaning behind it, referring to howContinue Reading
What We’re Watching – May 2023
Biopics are at the center of this month’s What We’re Watching. Read our thoughts below on the compelling stories ofContinue Reading
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