From there, we follow Allie throughout the day as she juggles appointments, medications, FaceTime calls from her mother, breakups with Tinder dates, parking disasters, and picking up her brother (David Brown), who rides along with her for a while until it’s too much to bear. While all this is happening, we see countless notifications from … Read more
The following post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 5. The latest episode of The Acolyte answered the biggest question on the show to date — namely the mysterious identity of Mae’s Sith Master. (It was Qimir! The guy who looked like the obvious red herring was … actually just the bad guy all along?! … Read more
This should be obvious, but I’ll say it anyway: Go watch the movie first. Scroll down, watch it, then scroll back up and read the review and Q&A. Part of the joy of doing this piece every month is the discovery process, of hitting ‘play’ and not knowing what you’re getting. “The Year of Staring … Read more
How did you dream this up? Throughout the pandemic, I spent a lot of time (most of the time) in front of the computer. While the primary purpose was work-related, I also sought entertainment, distractions, and even culinary inspiration through online searches. It felt as though our entire existence was submerged in that glowing surface. … Read more
This year, the mentorship program is a retreat. How is this different from years past, and what will this change look like? In past years, it was the mentor meeting the mentee in person or via Zoomfor 30 minutes minimum a month for six months. They could decide where they want to take it. The … Read more
Dean Winters and Lee Tergesen star in Oz short film from original creator Tom Fontana which will premiere on YouTube next month. Before The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Six Feet Under, The Wire, or any of the other popular HBO shows, there was Oz. The one-hour drama chronicled the lives of the staff and inmates … Read more
How did you and/or Cherie Julander approach her character? I think there is a practicality to the approach of USCIS officers. Ours in real life was cold, stern, calculated, by the book. I think about the people working in USCIS needing to detach themselves from the individual, and going off of what they see on … Read more
For the first time, Sony has expanded the film world of Into and Across the Spider-Verse with a short film. “The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story” features the voices of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse stars Shameik Moore and Brian Tyree Henry in a simple but effective animated story about stress and anxiety. Here is Sony’s official description of … Read more
The short film categories used to be the last vestige of true indie filmmaking represented at the Oscars. Over the years, that feeling has changed quite a bit, with Nexflix, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and other major studios and publications putting their names on the most high-profile films. This year, it’s quite possible Wes … Read more
One of the stunning things about “Lone Star” is how it deals with the possibility that some truth, though, is bad. At the time that I was writing the movie, you know, the former Yugoslavia was falling apart, and you would hear people say, well, we’re killing them because they stole our land back in … Read more