By Sara Bright In a secluded house deep in the woods, a mother and her two sons live by a single, desperate rule. To venture…
By Sara Bright There is a certain kind of celebrity who functions not just as an actor, but as a cultural mirror. Their lives, played…
By Sara Bright The name “August” in cinema conjures a particular kind of film – late-summer releases, often ambitious, sometimes unwieldy, carrying the weight of…
By Sara Bright As the long summer nights begin to draw in, the television schedule is heating up. August’s slate is less a trickle, more…
By Sara Bright Helen Mirren’s cinematic career spans over five decades, encompassing an eclectic spectrum of characters from Arthurian sorceresses to British monarchs. Born Ilyena…
By Alexander Stone A great on-screen kiss is a piece of storytelling. It can be a goodbye, a beginning, or the moment an entire story…
By Alexander Stone With a face that can look like a saint or a gargoyle, Willem Dafoe has built a career on playing characters no…
By Tessa Nolan There is a peculiar, almost Beckettian poetry to the statement issued by the Adams County Coroner’s Office. A man is dead, found…
When Netflix announced that Lena Dunham was creating a new romantic comedy series set in London, the cultural press braced itself for a seismic transatlantic…
By Maria Bregman, Writer and Film critic There are faces made for posters, for the reassuring geometry of heroism. Square jaws, noble brows, eyes that…