Henry: Cinema was born in France and it has consistently given us some of the most exciting developments in the art form and attracted some of the greatest cinematic minds from around the world to enter its film industry so it’s no surprise that it continues to be a major force in today’s landscape. Today,…
Kern: Like I mentioned in our previous In Conversation, I think between the two of us, we’ve been to a fair number of Q&As, so I wanted to really talk about some of the more interesting ones we’ve seen. So many of them are utterly forgettable. For instance the one we saw after The Report…
A selection of some of the films we’re most looking forward to seeing this year. Or next year. Or whenever they finally come out. Hopefully this year. Last Night in Soho Is there a part of me that wishes to have a more interesting most anticipated than putting a new Edgar Wright film on here…
To review a film that has garnered controversy early, in this case at the inception of its casting, it is best to begin with a disclaimer. As a cisgender lesbian, even if I may experience dysphoric tendencies, it is not my place to tell trans men how to feel about the way they are represented…
[written by Cole Clark] The meal was simple: cut-up sausage, bread with cheese and garlic salt; it was all we had left, and I couldn’t keep waiting for my family to say, “Who’s getting hungry around here?”. So I made dinner, and discovered something about the act of cooking: I felt powerful. Not because of what…
Read more For the Hungry Boy: The Artist and the Food in Phantom Thread
Kern: Cannes would have begun this week, were it not cancelled due to COVID-19, so I thought this week we’d discuss Cannes and film festivals in general. I want to get into our personal experiences with festivals and when we started first following festival coverage, but I figured there’s no better way to start than…
The key to a good adaptation is keeping the themes. A book-to-movie adaptation can change plot points, merge characters, and reinvent tone, but the core is always the theme of the original novel. Endings can change, but only as long as they are true to the characters and message that was called for. The film…
Read more Tell It to the Bees is a Lesbian Story for Gay Audiences Adapted to a Heterosexual World
As most of us are inside, perhaps with people we chose, or perhaps by circumstance, let us take a moment to think about one of the most interesting veins of films about being shut in. There’s so many films about what happens when two women are made to grow closer and closer while isolated together.…
Love is unsure. Love is questioning. Love is rebellion, and love is patient. We run off of these cliffs with adrenaline rushing, hearts pumping, as we wonder how we feel. We mustn’t war with how we feel. We must let it all tumble out because love is messy, love is real. We see stories as…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire left one of the biggest impacts on me that a film ever has. It has so much going for it; great cinematography, meticulous direction and screenwriting, and dedicated performances. The director, Céline Sciamma, broke away from her typical coming of age narratives and graduated to a different kind of…
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