Martyrs Lane walks down its own unique moonlit path with imaginative determination.

For Kurosawa, Wife of a Spy is proof the director renowned in the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s as a modern master of horror hasn’t lost an ounce of his creative acumen.

“It’s such an easy word: kindness. It’s such a simple thing. It’s a very simple act to find that kindness in your heart.”
– Jonathan Butterell

I adored Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Cinderella gave me a headache, and that might be the nicest thing I have to say on the matter.

Shang-Chi kicks butt, just not enough of it to fully satisfy.

Yakuza Princess never does enough to earn the throne.

Marilyn Monroe, my grandmother Doris and the haunting depressive beauty of The Misfits

In the Heights is an epic celebration of humanity I’ll be thinking about for the remainder of 2021.