“How ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Refuses to Conform”

Recently, I took it upon myself as a journalist, a critic, and a writer to re-read A Wrinkle in Time, the ol’ Madeleine L’Engle book, in preparation for A Wrinkle in Time, the new Ava DuVernay adaptation. (I actually covered the story years back, when Disney hired Jennifer Lee to write it, so I’ve been procrastinating on … Continue reading →

Review: Thoroughbreds, 2018, dir. Cory Finley

If I’m a fan of only two things in this world, it’s a) Intimate, small-scale, character-driven horror-thrillers about the inhumanity of humans, and b) Anya Taylor-Joy So there. (I’m a fan of a great deal many more things than a) and b), of course, but work with me here for once.) I talked to Taylor-Joy … Continue reading →