“I found my voice now – a voice with murder as its means.” Something about the Irish experience has melded their idea of comedy with the darker side of life. (Note such films as Waking Ned Devine or last year’s Banshees of Inisherin.) That blend of humor and depressing may seem odd, but the two…
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy. November 23, 1963, is one of those dates that is unforgettable for Americans who lived through it. Comparable dates would be December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001—dates that are forever seared into our national collective memory. National Geographic is bringing out…
“We go forward because we know freedom is ahead.” A corrupt and oppressive president seeks to hold on to power. Those who try to bring freedom to the nation face violent retribution. In Moses Bwayo and Chrispher Sharp’s documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President, we see the struggle for democracy in Uganda, a country that…
Once again, it?s time for Animaniacs? and they?re still zany to the max. Picking up where last season ended, Animaniacs begins as The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister), Yakko, Wakko and Dot, as they attempt to grapple with new leadership of the Warner Movie Lot. Faced with new (and more serious) security, they need to find new…
?Are you searching for truth?? ?Isn?t everyone?? ?And if you find it, what then?? In Benediction, from director Terence Davies, we follow 20th century poet Siegfried Sassoon in his search for ? well, maybe truth, but often happiness, belonging, and some sense of permanence and perhaps even the eternal. The film opens with an extended…
?Tis the season to be scary. Featuring twenty new tales designed to bring chills to the senses, Hulu?s Bite Size Halloween is a delicious treat for fans of the horror genre. Now in its third season, Bite Size has garnered a reputation for giving opportunities to rising filmmakers to share their spooky stories from around the world. Shot in…
Faith and doubt struggle within a police detective investigating a brutal murder in Under the Banner of Heaven. The FX/Hulu series is a fictionalized version of a non-fiction book by Jon Krakauer about a 1984 double murder in Utah. It is steeped in the beliefs of the Church of Latter Day Saints (often referred to…
In the ‘greatest love story ever sold, Hulu’s Pam & Tommy tells the story of the theft and release of the celebrity couple’s sex tape back in the late 1990s. Beginning with the energy of a raunchy comedy, the series gradually shifts its perspective into something much more poignant and (dare I say it?) powerful…
The deeper you get into the water, the darker it gets. Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), Deep Water invites the viewer behind the closed doors of a marriage in trouble. Even though Vic (Ben Affleck) and Melinda Van Allen (Ana de Armas) seem to have the perfect marriage, their…
?What are you lookin? at?? Taken from Hulu?s limited series, Pam & Tommy, this may seem like a simple, throwaway line but it actually asks a much deeper question about the way we view our celebrities and each other. Smartly written and executed, this is a show about power and control? and it all starts with the way…
