“The Odyssey” and Moving Forward
This showcase of Hollywood’s finest talent will certainly be around come awards season, and much deserved

GOOD BOY - BAD BOY is a found footage film shot by individuals and focusing on the training of domestic animals, one of the most popular topics on YouTube. What at first glance may be perceived as endearing (Good Boy) turns out to be the result of a series of excessive and degrading punishments to which these animals are subjected, completely at the mercy of their owner (Bad Boy). This semblance of harmony can be perceived—from the pet's perspective—as the result of a systemic incompatibility.
This showcase of Hollywood’s finest talent will certainly be around come awards season, and much deserved
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.
Netflix's new thriller Apex, starring Charlize Theron, puts a twist on survival horror. Despite its setting in the beautiful- yet-dangerous Australian wilderness, Apex is not a movie about man vs. nature. Instead, it’s woman vs. man. While checking out the title card and its unpretentious Netflix release might lead viewers to believe Apex is just another celebrity project churned out of the streaming machine, Apex - whether by luck or by intention - is a consistently harrowing film about the reality of being a woman in a public space.
Hours before their line-up of screenings for Trans Awareness Week began, the filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men' chatted with me about the film's personal exploration of masculinity.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Michael Shanks’ Together is a queasy, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt body-horror trip that fuses love and terror in the most literal sense. Starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie, this midnight gem twists Plato’s soulmate myth into a gory, darkly funny tale of codependency, cults, and chainsaws — equal parts romance and nightmare.