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Review: Chicagoan Amy Landecker Writes, Directs and Stars in For Worse, A Late-in-Life RomCom with Heart

Although it takes a great many broad strokes when it comes to its comedy, actor-turned-first-time feature writer-director Amy Landecker’s (Transparent) For Worse gets a great deal right when it comes […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 6, 2026
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 1: A Reheated Rivalry for the Ages

    After a quarter-century on the air, the only thing more familiar than Survivor itself is the biannual assortment of articles promoting its latest season, lauding the show’s longevity and how […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • March 3, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Documentary Short Film Oscar Nominees Explore the World’s Woes and Its Wonders

    Though short-form filmmaking doesn’t get much recognition by mainstream audiences throughout the year, when Oscar season rolls around there are always three good reasons to head to the movie theater […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 28, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Starman Allows Space Engineer Gentry Lee to Tell His Own Story

    This article was written by Thomas Hodgkins. Robert Stone’s newest documentary, Starman, shares a title with a famous David Bowie song, but Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” would also be an […]

  • Guest Author
  • February 28, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films Display a Wealth of Artistic Styles, Themes and Even Some Lessons

    Though short-form filmmaking doesn’t get much recognition by mainstream audiences throughout the year, when Oscar season rolls around there are always three good reasons to head to the movie theater […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 27, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films, Five Different Narratives Explore Five Unique World Views

    Though short-form filmmaking doesn’t get much recognition by mainstream audiences throughout the year, when Oscar season rolls around there are always three good reasons to head to the movie theater […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 27, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In The Blink of An Eye Follows Three Distant Generations, but Paints Humanity Too Broadly to Connect Deeply

    From the 2017 Black List script by Colby Day (Spaceman) and directed by Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo/Dory, John Carter, the upcoming Toy Story 5), In the Blink of an […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 27, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Documentarian Morgan Neville Brings Skill and Artistry to Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, Following the Former Beatle’s Mid-Career

    Considering how much the Beatles have been featured in documentaries lately—between Peter Jackson’s epic Get Back series about the band recording the Let It Be album, and the recent re-release […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 27, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Harry Lighton and Star Harry Melling on Making the Gay Biker RomCom Pillion, Casting Alexander Skarsgård and Embracing Audience Reactions

    At its heart, Pillion is the story of a timid, gay British man named Colin (Harry Melling, the Harry Potter films, Please Baby Please, The Pale Blue Eye) who is […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 24, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: At a Sun-Drenched Spanish Resort, Islands Finds Desire and Mystery in a Tourist’s Disappearance

    Scintillating and ambient, director Jan-Ole Gerster’s Islands moves like one type of film before undressing to reveal itself to be something more gut-wrenching and hard-hitting. On the surface, it’s a […]

  • Zachary Lee
  • February 24, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Pillion, Dom/Sub Adult Relationship Dynamics Bely a Sweeter Connection and Search for Self

    For the unaware (myself included), “pillion” is the word for the second seat on a motorcycle, that spot just behind the driver where one can hold on for dear life […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 20, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Using Newly Unearthed Concert and Interview Footage, Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Is a Glimpse into Greatness

    Landing somewhere between a concert film and a traditional biographical documentary, director Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is meant to be more of an experience about what made […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 20, 2026
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