Snow White, Rewritten in a Minor Key
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.

A man's plans for a romantic weekend go awry when he learns that his ex-girlfriend, whom he still secretly loves, manages the ski lodge where he and his wife are staying.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.
Emily Henry’s adaptation reaches romance movie standards, but not romance reader standards.
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.