As the world (sort of) opened back up again this year, my film viewing responded accordingly; in January, I "attended" a virtual Sundance Film Festival, and by September I was logging a negative PCR test to make my way to Canada for an in-person Toronto Film Festival. Vaccinated and masked, I ...
Review: Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons
I regret to say I have not spent the last year getting into the best shape of my life or launching a new side-hustle or doing any other monumental work some have managed to make happen in the midst of a pandemic. That's not to say I haven't picked up a new hobby or two. I've certainly cooked at home ...
Review: Some Kind of Heaven
On a recent episode of the New York Times podcast "The Daily," the show that focuses on one timely news story each morning, reporters descended on The Villages, the massive, pre-fab retirement community in central Florida. Boasting over 120,000 residents, the community is reliably conservative and, ...
Review: The Reason I Jump
For those with a distant relationship to autism—they aren't raising a child diagnosed with it, they don't work in a capacity to serve someone with it—the condition can be a mysterious one. So much misinformation has swirled through media and popular culture over the years that it can be confusing to ...
Review: The Planters
A film with a distinctive sense of style, humor and fun, The Planters marks the confident and highly-watchable feature directorial debut of collaborators Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder. The duo also co-wrote the script and co-star in this brief but enjoyable dark comedy about friendship ...
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