Though the first half hour of Brit McAdams’s Paint flows about as fast as maple syrup in January, it’s worth enduring the long, slow drip as the buckets of this sappy, laid-back film inexorably fill with sweetness. Perhaps “bittersweetness” is a more appropriate term, for Paint depicts—albeit with a muted color palette—the saga of one…
Though it’s not a new phenomenon, Sneakerheads and the culture of collecting and selling sneakers is currently at its height. Here in NYC, if you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time, you can accidentally be trampled by a crowd of fanatics rushing across the street to line up for their chance at a…
Captivatingly intertwining the intimate nature of characters’ personal and professional agendas with the sweeping, radical national political movements that are intricately chronicled in books for television can at times be an arduous task. But Prime Video‘s new sci-fi show, The Power, offers an effortless, freeing examination into how the world would change if girls and…
Dungeons & Dragons might be at its height of popularity right now. The game, once ridiculed by those who thought they were too cool for such activities, is now unstoppable. It’s the backdrop for the massively loved Stranger Things, big name Hollywood stars have their own game nights, and web series like Critical Role have…
To this day I can remember sitting at the school lunch table days after my birthday in 1989. It was just a few months after the launch of the Nintendo Gameboy, and I was lucky enough to get one as my big birthday present. Talking to my friends as we ate our nutritious pizza squares…
The eclectic French filmmaker, François Ozon, throughout his career has expressed with versatility, poetry and skill the art of moving pictures. The director whose work is associated with the nouvelle Nouvelle Vague (the new “New Wave”), has established his style by blending satirical badinage, freewheeling sexuality and aesthetic beauty. His films — such as 8…
Grief comes in many different forms, and it’s not always easy to predict when and how it will manifest. It can also be complicated by the circumstances causing it and the way in which someone’s typical support system no longer exists in the face of a devastating loss. Understanding the impact and weight of grief…
Eating disorders are a miserable affliction, and one of the most difficult and complicated facets of their manifestation is that they’re often imperceivable to others. Body dysmorphia can cause people who appear thin and attractive to doubt themselves at every moment, often leading them to take drastic measures to attempt to become more like those…
Pope Francis, during his first nine months of pontificate, made 37 trips across 53 countries. Throughout his travels he discussed the issues of our time: poverty, dignity, nature, migrations, solidarity and the condemnation of all wars. Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, known for documentaries such as Sacro GRA (2013) and Oscar-nominated Fire at Sea (2016), has…
A fear of flying is no joke, except if it’s the subject of a comedy film. Northern Comfort opens with its terrified passengers holding on for dear life and sincerely freaking out all while aboard a small plane that hasn’t even left the ground. That’s essentially the calmest and most believable moment in the entire…
Being able to channel their heritage and upbringing into the corporate workforce that has long shunned their values, beliefs and overall identities is a courageous journey for anyone who’s determined to be seen by society. That’s certainly true for successful Mexican-American businessman Richard Montañez, whose life is chronicled in the endearing new biographical comedy-drama, Flamin’…
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