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.
& Categories Movies March 15, 2020 “Stargirl” Goes Full Manic Pixie Dream Girl Disney+'s adaptation of the Jerry Spinelli novel is tooth-achingly twee.
& Categories Movies February 11, 2020 “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” Keeps Things Warm, Fuzzy, Safe Netflix's sequel to To All the Boys I've Loved Before keeps the charm but loses some of its edge.
& Categories TV January 10, 2020 “Sex Education” Turns Us On for a Second Season Netflix's droll, witty, refreshingly honest tale of teen sexcapades returns for a second round of sensual salons.
R Categories TV November 12, 2019 Review: “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” Goes Meta Disney+ revives its flagship tween-friendly musical series for a baffling, cynical mockumentary.
F Categories Fantastic Fest 2019 Festivals Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue October 11, 2019 Fantastic Fest: Christopher Winterbauer on Youth, Grief, and “Wyrm” Wyrm writer/director Christopher Winterbauer sits down at Fantastic Fest to talk about the analog appeal of '80s kitsch and adapting shorts to features.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies August 10, 2019 The Double Nostalgia of Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” Richard Linklater's 1993 coming-of-age classic is a battle of dueling, complicated nostalgias around '60s youth culture.
C Categories Movies August 7, 2019 Changing the Game Review: Transitioning to Fairer Play Michael Barnett's doc is an inspiring, eye-opening look at the complicated, often painful world of transgender high school athletes.
R Categories Movies Podcasts Right on Cue July 27, 2019 Rhianne Barreto and J.C. MacKenzie of HBO’s “Share” on Shame and Sexual Assault We sit down with the stars of HBO's latest film to talk about sexual assault and social media in the post-#MeToo era.
B Categories Movies May 24, 2019 Booksmart Review: Girls Rule the World – And the Party Olivia Wilde's debut is a gut-busting comedy that celebrates the power of female friendships.