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(07/03/19 4:05pm)
Thanks to social media and Netflix Specials, it appears that today we’re in a golden age for comedy. To date, Netflix has distributed nearly 200 original stand–up specials featuring household names like Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Kevin Hart while introducing lesser–known names through The Comedy Lineup, Comedians of the World and several other stand–up collections. Today, comedy pushes beyond the stage. Twitter, operating through memes and one–liners, has kickstarted several careers in comedy. Now more than ever among the many garnering laughs are women of all backgrounds.
(06/26/19 10:11pm)
Last Saturday, the Mann Center for the Performing Arts put on its first installment of Movies @ The Mann, a summer concert series that presents popular films alongside live performances of their scores. With exciting action and music, this series is perfect for those who adore the works of John Williams and the like, cinephiles who love a classic blockbuster, or someone who just wants to lay out on the lawn while enjoying some movie magic.
(06/19/19 7:00am)
When most people think of horror movies, they think of dark hallways, vengeful spirits, and jump scares, not bright daylight and weird group rituals. However, a new genre of horror cinema has been gaining recent popularity: folk horror. Coined in 2004 by British director Piers Haggard to describe his moody occult thriller The Blood on Satan's Claw, folk horror, as the name suggests, deals with primordial beliefs and cults, often worshiped in group rituals.
(06/04/19 9:44am)
Everybody Knows is a Spanish foreign film, a family drama, and a kidnapping mystery wrapped into one. Laura (Penélope Cruz) returns to Spain from Argentina for a family wedding. She brings only her son and daughter—leaving her husband behind for the first time—and partakes in wedding festivities with her family and their friends, the most notable among them being the bubbly Paco (Javier Bardem), Laura's old flame. Everyone appears to be getting along—until Laura’s daughter, Irene (Carla Campra) goes missing.
(06/03/19 12:04pm)
At first glance, Tuca & Bertie looks very familiar—and for a good reason. Netflix’s latest animated comedy series was created by Lisa Hanawalt, the production designer and producer of the show Bojack Horseman. With similar-looking anthropomorphic characters and dark humor, Tuca & Bertie is set up to be another thought–provoking and successful show. While like Bojack Horseman, the show aims to tackle real–world moral issues, it does so in a lighter way. Think Bojack Horseman mixed with your favorite female friendship comedies like Broad City, Grace and Frankie or Insecure.
(05/31/19 7:00am)
Sex scenes are an extremely misused aspect of film. They have all the potential and the influence, yet they tend to be squandered in a lackluster display of moans and empty theatrics.
(05/30/19 7:00am)
Thanks to a plot that's delightfully simple and richly funny, “It’s Bruno!” is possibly the easiest show to binge. With eight episodes that are each approximately 15 minutes long, Netflix's latest comedy proved to be a very entertaining way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
(05/18/19 11:15pm)
An Uber driver named Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) picks up a ride from a cop (Dave Bautista) who is hot on the trail of a killer.
(05/04/19 11:35pm)
I need to stop living in the books. I got it in my head that Game of Thrones would be the perfect adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire—and it was for seasons 1 through 4—however, it's clear now that this is basically a standalone show created by show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. I had to watch this episode over three times before I finally saw the real magic hidden in it—every scene felt so intentional and calculated. I was left shocked and awed every time. While I can't say that this episode was without its flaws, I can confidently say that many of the bigger moments of this week's episode have been building up for years—we just haven't been paying close enough attention.
(04/30/19 4:13am)
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!
(08/27/19 1:00am)
The word “camp” has two distinct meanings: one, the recreational institution in which young American children are forced to spend two to eight weeks under the sun, and two, a piece of media created in a theatrical, ironic style for humorous effect. Where do these two collide, you may ask? Look no further than David Wain’s 2001 summer hit, Wet Hot American Summer.
(05/26/19 3:30pm)
It’s no secret that the role of the Gay Best Friend (or GBF, for short) is almost required for any romantic comedy. Where would Mean Girls be without Damian, or Clueless without Christian? However, recent films like The Perfect Date reminded us of the regression and one–dimensionality of the GBF, which can perhaps most easily be seen in the way the role can be wrapped up into three little letters devoid of any nuance.
(05/17/19 4:30pm)
Regardless of their quality, summer movies are always good for one thing: keeping you out of the heat. If the crisp theater air calls to you, embrace the freedom of simpler times and enjoy the satisfaction of emerging into the summer night after a evening showing and buying ice cream cones to eat on the walk home. Of course, if that isn’t exactly your cup of tea, Netflix streaming is always a click away. In celebration of sunny days and free time, here are five summer releases to catch, and five Netflix alternatives to keep you cool post–finals.
(04/25/19 7:18pm)
Growing up, I wasn't plagued by the idea of strange boogeymen lurking in the dark. Instead I was haunted by story of the legendary La Llorona, or the Weeping Woman. Her story is ancient and dates back hundreds of years, so naturally, it varies. But I always knew it as follows: Before she was La Llorona, Maria was a young, beautiful and happy wife to a rich businessman. As their two sons grew older, Maria's husband began to travel more and grew disillusioned with her, as she was not as young and beautiful as she once was. Whenever her husband would visit, he would spend much of his time with his sons, and hardly paid any attention to Maria. Angry and confused, Maria blamed her children for her husband's actions and, in a fit of rage, drowned them in a nearby river. Immediately regretting her actions, Maria threw herself in the river, committing suicide. Her ghost, unable to cross over into the after life, now weeps constantly for her children and kidnaps and drowns any child she comes across, as she mistakes them for her own. The tale has been told to many, including myself, to keep children indoors, to keep safe from real dangers.
(04/26/19 12:58am)
Long gone are the days where cartoons were strictly reserved for small children and hazy late–night re–runs. In the last decade or so, comedic adult–oriented animation has been on the rise, and for good reason, too. Combining whimsical animation styles with adult subject matter and humor produces a seemingly contradictory form of entertainment. But opposites are sometimes better together than they are apart. So if you're in the mood for the sweet–and–salty mix that is adult animation, check out these ten shows that do it best.
(05/20/19 7:00am)
The subject has an age–worn quality about him, as if he has seen more than he lets on, though at his age he has already seen quite a bit. His eyes are creased around the edges, his lips held tight even as he speaks. A lilt of Polish and French tinges his voice; he says that he is “French in [his] heart,” though he speaks passionately about his childhood in Poland—still, he never raises his tone too much, never lets it waver. He is a composed man, a careful one, and clearly an artist.
(04/24/19 10:51pm)
I am officially eating my own words. Sunday's episode was much stronger than the first—this one had better character interactions, better dialogue, and while the pace was a little slower, this was a virtue when compared to last week's breakneck pace that ran faster than Gendry. This episode was bitter–sweet and full of sexual tension, but it was hard to really enjoy it knowing that this was the final night many of our favorite characters would spend in the world of the living. The army of the dead is outside of the walls of Winterfell, but before the second War for the Dawn begins, we're greeted with some of the the sweetest moments of the entire series.
(04/22/19 4:43pm)
On April 20, the majority of the cast of Lin–Manuel Miranda's upcoming In the Heights film released. Miranda, famous for his blockbuster musical Hamilton, wrote In The Heights in 1999 to critical acclaim, and after the success of Hamilton, translating his only other full–length musical becomes a clearly beneficial move. However, the adaptation of his second most famous work raises the question of the movie musical and the translation of stage musical onto the screen.
(04/22/19 4:51am)
Elle Fanning stares into the camera, fresh–faced and doe–eyed. Neon light floods the background. Fanning is the center of attention in both Teen Spirit (2019) and The Neon Demon (2016)—audiences of both are treated to pensive, close–up shots of her unmoving face that are similar in execution, but shockingly different in vision. When compared, Teen Spirit and The Neon Demon can be described in the same way: similar but different, and tied together by a gorgeous performance from Fanning.
(04/23/19 4:44am)
Donald Glover and Rihanna in a musical film together, shot over the course of a few months in Cuba. What’s not to love?
