T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2020 September 14, 2020 TIFF 2020: “Summer of 85” tells a wistful tale of young gay love François Ozon adds another touching romance to France’s queer cinema canon.
& Categories Movies Reviews July 25, 2020 “The Kissing Booth 2”: plenty of kissing, not so many booths Inexcusably long but otherwise harmless, the sequel to Netflix's hit teen romcom offers more comforting fluff.
& Categories Reviews TV July 11, 2020 “Little Voice” sings loud, but doesn’t have much to say Apple TV+'s latest kids series is a cloying, over-familiar teen show that tries a little too hard to be hip.
& Categories Reviews TV July 3, 2020 “Hanna” season 2 hits hard, but could pick its shots better Finally out from under the shadow of its filmic inspiration, the Amazon series treads new ground in its second season.
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.
N Categories Reviews TV June 7, 2020 Netflix dramedy “Can You Hear Me?” is worth listening to A French-Canadian export weathers the challenges of girlhood with remarkable alacrity.
& Categories TV May 19, 2020 “Blood & Water” makes for an uneven mix of teen drama and mystery Netflix's latest African original series is a teen mystery that can't quite overcome its derivations.
R Categories Features Movies May 12, 2020 Remembering the fleet-footed delights of “Center Stage” Nicholas Hytner's coming-of-age dance picture still holds a special place in the hearts of Milennial women twenty years on.
M Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 2, 2020 May’s Filmmaker of the Month: The Friday the 13th Series For the first film's 40th anniversary, we hack and slash our way through the long, bloody saga of Jason Voorhees and his journeys from hell to Manhattan to space.
& Categories TV April 27, 2020 “Never Have I Ever” is beautifully bittersweet Mindy Kaling's new coming-of-age teen dramedy for Netflix is a lovely look at the complexities of adolescent life.