"Yuri On Ice" Made Me Believe In Love Again
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.

A festival is a concentration of hope. Audiences hungering for something startingly new, famously familiar or just plain "good". Actors hoping their well-conceived sincerity and ritual entrances have that special glow. Press and critics poised to love or hate lucidly. And proud, desperate filmmakers looking for that little blessing on their latest self-projection. All squeezing together for a few days, in a few rooms wondering whether this will truly be the perfect place at the perfect time. Of course, it rarely is. Mostly it's just a collection of almosts. Delicious, shared almosts.
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.
In order to learn why an arguably outdated fanfic trope was resurfacing in the contact zone of popular culture, I dove into a vibrant trough of character development.
This groundbreaking summer blockbuster proves that diversity enhances the action genre.
Critical Incident is worthy of a weekend binge, keeping you guessing right up until the end.
The documentary depicts the indigenous people of Mexico with sublime reverence, highlighting a generational harmony with the land.
From its visually stunning opening credits, which show women dancing through a forest to musical rhythms that sound almost primal, to its quiet, heartbreaking final frame, Mona Fastvold’s historical rendering of the Shaker religious movement is an experience that will stay with me for a long time.