INTERVIEW: ‘False Positive’ Writer-Director John Lee
The complicated nature of pregnancy and gaslighting play a big part in Hulu and A24’s atmospheric horror False Positive. Directed by John Lee and co-written by Ilana Glazer and Lee himself, the movie tells the story of a wife named Lucy (Glazer) whose dream to…
REVIEW: False Positive (2021)
It’s almost impossible to not associate Ilana Glazer with the slacker, New York sitcom Broad City — a show which she created with her best friend Abbi Jacobson. But in A24 and Hulu’s atmospheric horror False Positive, the actor-writer proves that she’s not just a…
REVIEW: Plan B (2021)
Over the past few years, there have been a string of female-driven teen comedies about girls grappling with pregnancy scares. It’s a striking commentary on growing up in America, where young women have more options than ever before when it comes to their reproductive health,…
INTERVIEW: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Madeline Brewer
Janine (Madeline Brewer) has been June’s (Elisabeth Moss) closest ally and sometimes kryptonite since the beginning of The Handmaid’s Tale. But throughout four seasons, the show hasn’t really revealed her backstory, unlike the other major characters. That, however, changed in last week’s shocking episode “Milk,”…
TV REVIEW: Shrill Season 3 (2021)
Shrill felt like it was a groundbreaking show when its first season launched in March 2019, with the Fat Babe Pool Party in particular, causing a stir on social media. The talk surrounding season two was much more muted and there hasn’t been much hype…
REVIEW: Boogie (2021)
It is not easy to like Boogie (Taylor Takahashi) in Boogie. His game with the ladies can be so invasive and crude that he comes off as a grade-A tosser. His play on the basketball court can be so solo he defines “teammate” as “me,…
REVIEW: The United States vs Billie Holiday (2021)
The true power of music is its ability to carry a voice and a message beyond the limitations of its time and into the future. Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is one such vital example of the kind of lingering and potent stories living on within…
REVIEW: Dear Comrades (2021)
Veteran filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky (writer of the iconic Andrei Rublev and a renowned director now in his seventh decade as a filmmaker) brings a devastating reflection on loss and rage with the awards contender Dear Comrades. The film is a re-enactment of the hushed-up Novocherkassk massacre…
REVIEW: Happiest Season (2020)
After years of Christmas romances from Hallmark, Lifetime and increasingly, Netflix, this year Hulu have stepped into the market with a twist on the usual format. Actress and director Clea DuVall follows up her 2016 feature debut, The Intervention, with Happiest Season – a lesbian…
REVIEW: Run (Nightstream 2020)
Diane (Sarah Paulson), at last, gets to see her newborn daughter. On the verge of joyful tears, she asked the wall of medical personnel surrounding the tiny bundle of life, “Will she be OK?” No answer. Cut to black. Now remember to log that gasp…
REVIEW: Palm Springs (2020)
Ever since Harold Ramis made a splash with his Bill Murray-starring time loop drama, Groundhog Day, nearly three decades ago, plenty of movies and TV shows have tried to recreate the same formula while trying to put their own spins on it, some to brilliant…
TV REVIEW: Normal People (2020)
Full disclosure: I haven’t read the book (by Sally Rooney) that Normal People (now on iPlayer in the UK and Hulu in the US) is based on, so I’m not judging this an adaptation. Normal People has a lot of talented people on the cast…
