Entering Bly Manor
In 2018’s The Haunting of Hill House, director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Doctor Sleep) used the Shirley Jackson novel of the same name as a...
Come Play: With a Friend Like Larry
It’s logical that horror movies would introduce disabled characters into the genre. Who’s even more vulnerable than that iconic final girl in the slasher...
Chyna to Fort Worth
“When I was a little girl, I used to write scripts and either perform them with my dolls or with my sister and friends...
From Pop Culture to Cop Culture
Growing up as a Black kid in Kansas City, TV writer Aaron Rahsaan Thomas had a love-hate relationship with cop TV shows. As fun...
Dark: Déjà Vu All Over Again
Netflix is pushing Dark pretty hard since airing the third and planned final season of the acclaimed German science-fiction show. If you’ve heard anything about...
Song of Fire
It is almost impossible knowing where to start when talking about Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Perhaps it’s best to first...
Miss Juneteenth: Right on Time
And so it came to pass that after three solid weeks of protests against racial violence by the police and a vote by the...
Normal People: Two Less Lonely People in the World
If you’ve heard one thing about Normal People, it’s that the new Irish TV miniseries has wall-to-wall sex scenes. Indeed, the second episode alone...
A Beginner’s Guide to Korean Cinema
A little more than 10 years ago, I wrote an article for this paper reporting on the first Korean-language films playing in the area...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
The Oscars have taken well-deserved flak for nominating no women for Best Director and only one actor of color out of 20, but as...
