Month: April 2019

Review: We Are the Radical Monarchs

Review: We Are the Radical Monarchs

I never joined Girl Scouts. Yearly purchases of their cookies have been the entirety of our relationship. Perhaps if I had a group like the Radical Monarchs, I would have been more likely to engage. Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, We Are the Radical Monarchs […]

SXSW Review: Romantic Comedy

SXSW Review: Romantic Comedy

There’s something about romantic comedies, their meet cutes, and inevitable happy endings that has been drawing in audiences for decades. From It Happened One Night to  Crazy Rich Asians, these stories have entertained us and, for several of us, influenced how we’ve viewed love. In her […]

SXSW Review: State of Pride

SXSW Review: State of Pride

Is Pride still relevant to the younger generations of LGBTQ people today? What does Pride mean to them now? Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman aim to answer these questions with their documentary State of Pride, which explores current attitudes towards the annual event through […]

SXSW Review: Little Monsters

SXSW Review: Little Monsters

In the vein of other horror comedies such as Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead, Little Monsters aims to straddle that line between solid humor and genuine terror at the hands of the undead. Written and directed by Abe Forsythe, the film takes us on […]

You Should Be Watching FX’s What We Do in the Shadows

You Should Be Watching FX’s What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 mockumentary that followed the everyday lives of a group of vampires living in New Zealand. The film was written by and starred Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi. Five years later, this duo has returned us to […]