'Moonlight': A Retrospective on Barry Jenkins' Masterpiece
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.

A broke ass dad steals the Necronomicon Demonto, thinking he can time-travel through trauma. Instead, he opens a hellhole literally. This ain’t some Hollywood horror. This is Evil Dead if it happened in your neighbor’s backyard. The book eats souls. Turns people into flesh-hungry freaks. Blood everywhere. No heroes. No hope. And stuck in the middle? Maira his daughter with nothing but a chainsaw and a death prophecy stamped on her back. She’s not fighting to win. She’s fighting not to die last.
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.
Dramatic Horror!!! Wait, what?? Did you say "dramatic horror"?? IS there such a thing?? I mean, TRULY. Well, if San Francisco-based, Pakistani-born independent filmmaker Dr. Hassan Zee and this film critic have anything to say about it, there IS such a beast as experienced through the director's newest feature film set to officially debut October 4th in the City by the Bay. Folks, indie film will always be a bastion of experimentation and originality, and this film for me fits that bill.
World-famous drag queen Trixie Mattel shares a year of her life with the world in this vulnerable and uplifting documentary.
The film centers around two young women, Becca and Sam, who were once high school sweethearts until they reconnect in their town.
"A Drowning Man" (2017) explores the unseen aspects of the Refugee Crisis. In, 15 far-too-short minutes, viewers are given a detailed snapshot of what it's like for a refugee to drown in the waters of poverty and otherness while trying to navigate a land whose promise has worn off, and only 'strange' remains.
The Last Son of Krypton returns as the kind-hearted, blue-eyed boy scout we all know and love.