N Categories Reviews TV July 17, 2020 No way, Nimue: “Cursed” only sword-of revitalizes the King Arthur legends Frank Miller's adaptation of Arthurian legend is filled with sumptuous fantasy visuals, but there are gaps in the girl-power twist on the myth.
& Categories Reviews TV July 14, 2020 “Brave New World” offers plenty of new, but not enough brave Peacock's loose adaptation of Aldous Huxley's classic looks nice, but is empty under the surface.
T Categories Reviews TV June 19, 2020 TV spinoff “Love, Victor” complicates its squeaky-clean queerness Hulu's spinoff of Love, Simon has a shaky start, but ultimately offers value to queer youth searching for guidance.
R Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 12, 2020 Reclaiming the queerness of “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” Gus Van Sant's queer Western was received with scorn by critics when it first came out, but its celebration of the abject deserves reconsideration.
S Categories Movies Reviews June 6, 2020 Stop by “The Dinner Party”, but don’t stay for dessert Miles Dolec’s low-budget thriller offers a horrifying dish to pass, but the ingredients are richer than the result.
H Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 30, 2020 How I learned to stop worrying and love “Freddy vs. Jason” Freddy vs. Jason is not a good movie - and that's not just okay, it may well be transgressive.
& Categories Movies Reviews May 27, 2020 “The High Note” stays in familiar octaves but nails the melody Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson have killer chemistry in a sunny if formulaic music dramedy.
& Categories TV May 13, 2020 “The Great” rewrites history with tongue firmly in cheek The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara gives the same farcical treatment to Catherine the Great, to largely wry results.
& Categories Movies May 1, 2020 “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is a flashy trip through economic history Justin Pemberton adapts Thomas Piketty's book on economics into an accessible (if overly neat) primer on capitalism throughout history.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 27, 2020 “Thor: Ragnarok” was a joyous punch in the face of colonialism Taika Waititi's irreverent revamp of the Thor series, Thor: Ragnarok, manages to weave some much-needed criticism of imperialism among the gags.
