Saltburn (Emerald Fennell)-Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut was a dark comedy that took on rape culture in the form of a scorned woman who goes out at night pretending to be drunk and then teaching creeps a lesson in consent with a Batman-like recklessness. …

Nyad (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)-The docudrama tells the story about Diana Nyad who made history by swimming from Cuba to Key West, Florida. It’s hard to make a film about this that goes wrong. It’s a classic sports film, only we don’t really know how the sport works. If…

A look at the benefits of the 2009 decision to expand the Best Picture field at the Oscars — Approximately 15 years ago, pressure was on the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (otherwise known as the Oscars) to stop nominating films that were insular and didn’t register at the box office. When outrage erupted over the failure to nominate The Dark Knight or Wall-E for the 2008 Oscars…

My grandparents fought for the creation of the state of Israel, my mom’s family is Israeli, and a number of my relatives are currently under attack by bombs as I write this. And as my fellow Jews and non-Jewish Americans continue to attempt to absorb information so they can properly…

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/29/speaker-mike-johnsons-christian-faith-we-build-wal/ “We prayed for a strong pro-Israel, America First speaker of the house who was committed to biblical truth and god answered our prayers” -Tony Perkins, family research council on Mike Johnson Two of my grandparents fought for the war that created Israel and became US citizens in 1980. They…

I’m not sure of the utility of this, but it couldn’t hurt to try. If you have a Trump supporter in your life, it is important to take a stand against them. Feel free to use this as inspiration. Dear Y, I’m a friend of X who met you a…

I asked random friends and patreons to give me three fake titles of movies. The instruction is simply to put together combinations of words that sound like a movie and I have to pick two of three: Liz Gray (Friend from D.C. …

A friend of mine posted this: “Seriously what is the draw in arguing that it’s Columbus Day and not Indigenous People’s Day? I get why people like the change, and I get why many others don’t care as long as they still get the day off. …

Respectfully disagree quite a bit: 1. Cancel culture is about a hyperscrutiny-- a trial by social media that isn't as fair about acquiring or judging information as a real trial. Granted some of these figures might never go to trial tragically, but there could also be more push to get…