“Nisha Ganatra Discusses Leaving Space for More People in the Room”

Rooms tend to be pretty big, after all, so making space for other people doesn’t seem all that hard, does it? Continue reading →

“Films by Women: Five Movies to Watch from May (2020)”

We got some fluff, we got some horror, we got some screwball comedy, we got some psychosexual drama…we really got it all! Continue reading →

“‘‘The High Note’: Dakota Johnson & Tracee Ellis Ross Have Chemistry, But White Faces Intrude On Black Spaces”

“But she’s got high notes, she’s got high notes / She’s got high apple pie, in the sky notes.” Continue reading →

“Peanut Butter and Honey: Shia LaBeouf’s Tonic for Toxic Masculinity”

My editor came up with a really good title for this piece, and I’m very mad I didn’t figure it out for myself first. At least the piece itself isn’t too bad! Continue reading →

Review: Black Mass, 2015, dir. Scott Cooper

“James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston as the boss of the Winter Hill Gang from the 1970s until the 1990s, went into hiding in 1994, fell into FBI custody in 2011, and now, thanks to filmmaker Scott Cooper, he’s stalking multiplexes in the gangster film Black Mass. For Cooper, the movie marks his third plum gig … Continue reading →