Maya and the Three Offers Stunning Visuals But a Confusing Story
★★★ Tamar Lilienthal ★★★ Tamar Lilienthal

Maya and the Three Offers Stunning Visuals But a Confusing Story

When I heard that Netflix was releasing an animated adventure series by Jorge Gutierrez, co-writer and director of Golden Globe-nominated movie The Book of Life, I thought it was destined to be a smashing success. Featuring an exciting story about a Mesoamerican warrior princess, and boasting a cast of some of the most famous Latino actors of our time, I couldn’t wait to see what this monumental animator had created.

Read More
All Good Things Must Come To An End: Brooklyn 99 Final Season
Maya Kreger Maya Kreger

All Good Things Must Come To An End: Brooklyn 99 Final Season

Nothing good can last forever -- including Brooklyn 99. Since the very beginning, I have always been a fan of the 99. From watching it when I was younger with my family, to finishing the final season amongst friends, it has been a constant in my life. I was devastated when Fox cancelled the show but ecstatic when NBC decided to give it another chance. When I heard the news that Brooklyn 99’s eighth season would be the show’s finale one, I understood that all good things must come to an end.

Read More
In A Musical Nothing Dreadful Ever Happens: Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark
Matthew Shadbolt Matthew Shadbolt

In A Musical Nothing Dreadful Ever Happens: Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark

Like his British counterpart Mike Leigh, Danish director Lars von Trier’s movies can be a tough watch. Often concluding unexpectedly and without resolution, they consistently leave you thinking about what you just saw for a long time afterwards. You leave the experience piecing your heart back together after having it ripped out of your chest for two hours. His 2000 Dancer In The Dark, along with his 1996 film Breaking The Waves, solidified von Trier as one of the unique emergent directorial voices to come out of Europe in recent times.

Read More
Plan B
Phoebe Weintraub Phoebe Weintraub

Plan B

In 108 minutes, Plan B, directed by Natalie Morales, perfectly sums up the utter panic and chaos that is teenagerhood. The film follows two girls on an epically hyperventilating and winding road-trip to find the Plan B pill within their 24-hour window. There is not a ticking clock on the screen, but through the hyperactive dialogue and split-second decisions gone wrong, viewers can feel the powders of the Plan B pill disintegrating grain by grain.

Read More
Only Murders In The Building
Emma Taylor & Matt Shadbolt Emma Taylor & Matt Shadbolt

Only Murders In The Building

Everyone loves a whodunit — or at least that’s what the steady growth of murder mysteries à la Knives Out and the true-crime rage I’ve written about for nearly 3 years tells me. The newest hit of the sort, stacked with stars from both screen and stage, finds favor across generations and genres. Only Murders in the Building, created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, follows three unlikely friends as they create a podcast investigating, well, a murder in their building.

Read More