Leppel & Langsam 

Coverage from the Austin Film Festival, highlighting some panels and films that emphasized the importance of diverse and inclusive storytelling.

Despite this genre not being a new one, The Novice offers a fresh perspective with its study of performance anxiety

The Sandman features a plethora of LGBTQ+ characters and is openly expressive about it!

I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before. 

Ditch the lube and get to the point in the raw, honest, cheeky dramedy written and directed by Mark Schwab.

A movie that brings Indian culture with classic Bollywood themes and electronic dance music.