A Song for Silence 

Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.

'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.

“To be universal, you have to get specific”: while the film does not attempt to provoke discussions about queerness or race, those watching closely may find something resonant in Sorrentino’s love letter to the Naples of his youth.

A man found himself stuck inside the passage to the subway exit on the way to work.

The plot could’ve really been interesting if the elements of lycanthropy was integrated with perhaps the struggle of identity of being LGBTQ+. It's an experience for so many that as they’re starting to realizing their true selves, they feel like a monster, especially if they come from unsupportive homes or communities. Instead, the horror and transformation elements seem thrown in without contemplation of how this could deepen the narrative.

Emily Henry’s adaptation reaches romance movie standards, but not romance reader standards.