“The Guy Who Plays Chewbacca Reveals What It’s Like To Live As A Wookie”

Rawwrrarrrgg, grrghghgggg, ggwwwghh, aaararrrgwwwh, wwwwwwwgggghhhrrrw. Translated from Shyriiwook, that roughly comes out to, “For Thrillist, I had a conversation with Joonas Suotamo, the delightfully Finnish actor who plays Chewbacca in Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Last Jedi about how gosh darn hot it gets in that Wookie suit.” I hope that helps! (And please … Continue reading →

Review: Summer 1993, 2018, dir. Carla Simón

I remember dealing with a lot of bullshit and nonsense growing up as a child, from emotional growing pains to literal growing pains, but at least I didn’t have to live with the specter of AIDS hanging over me, which the protagonist of Carla Simón’s superb feature debut, Summer 1993, does. The film is startlingly lovely considering … Continue reading →

“Films by Women: Seven Movies to Watch in May”

This month, we didn’t report on five movies directed by women currently in theaters or available at home. We reported on seven. Grant that two of them, The Rider and Let the Sunshine In, expanded in May but originally came out in April; we’re sort of cheating on this one. But if they’ve only just expanded, that means you … Continue reading →