Category Archives: Film Reviews

In a few weeks, many Americans will gather to celebrate Thanksgiving,  one of our country’s more ethically problematic holidays, also rightly acknowledged as The National Day of Mourning. It’s an important topic for discussion, and there is much to be done to separate the notion of giving thanks with egregious events that shape our nation’s […]

In the spirit of the Halloween Season, Amy’s October recommendations highlight films that portray women who undergo great transformations while facing all kinds of monsters and terrifying circumstances and, in a similar vein, Devi’s also highlight women undergoing transformations, specifically by becoming mothers and thus also contending with monsters and terrifying situations as to which […]

There’s an early scene in the musician biopic RESPECT where the mother of a young Aretha Franklin, sensing her daughter’s difficult path ahead, warns that she must “never fear any man” and that “your daddy doesn’t own your voice.” Sadly, for much of her life, Aretha Franklin would be justified in having a great deal […]