There are so many different streaming services that it’s kind of stupid. Between the subscriptions I pay for and the ones I have borrowed from others, I have Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBOMax, Disney+, AMC+, WWE Network, Hoopla, Kanopy, Shudder, IFC Films Unlimited, Peacock, Sundance Now and Hulu. Hell, I even had Quibi back when it […]
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The Stories We Don’t Hear
Indie Womxn Film Festival launches, virtually
There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t realize my privilege being a cis white male writing about movies in an industry where most of the executives and filmmakers look like me—and even more of the critics look like me. My voice is not a marginalized one. So whenever there’s an event focused […]
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The Lonesome, Crowded West
McDormand and Zhao take us to "Nomadland"
There’s so much Oscar hype surrounding Chloé Zhao and Frances McDormand’s new film “Nomadland” that I’m curious whether the film’s quiet and contemplative simplicity will wow audiences trained to think hyperbolic over-reliance on big emotion is what makes modern movies “dramatic.” “Nomadland” is the antithesis of movies like “Green Book” and “Crash,” which seem offended […]
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May the Source Be With You
February Edition
How is February shaping up for everyone? Have things slowly started feeling like they’re getting back to normal? I still mostly work from home, mostly just talk to my cat on a lot of days and still watch a lot of movies and listen to way too many podcasts. Wow. That should be my dating […]
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Immigrant Song
“Minari” makes the personal universal
I’ve said it a thousand times in these pages over the years, but the most important thing that cinema can do for the world is create empathy—not just for different cultures and religions and people, but for ourselves and the struggles we think we’re fighting in the dark.
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No Rabbits. No Hates. Just Magic.
Identity exists in and of itself in this moving live show
A friend recommended I watch some weird-ass little movie on Hulu called “In and Of Itself” and now I can’t think about anything else.
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Revenge is Always Ugly
“Promising Young Woman” enrages and engages
I‘m coming in hot to 2021 with a fat stack of movies I expected to see in a theater last year that are instead slowly and without fanfare being dribbled out to Video on Demand and streaming services. The irony is that with the brand-new VoD releases, the studios are trying to recoup as much […]
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May the Source Be With You
January’s roundup of podcasts, shows and more
Hello, lovelies. How are we coming with those New Year’s resolutions? Me, neither! In fact, I didn’t make any since I ultimately realized that if I can lose 70 pounds during a pandemic, then I don’t need arbitrary dates on which to tell myself to be a better person. I’m gonna do it year-round and […]
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The Hunt For B-Movie Perfection
”Shadow in the Cloud” is a ridiculous delight
I miss the communal experience of bad movies…maybe more than the communal experience of good ones. So, because I’m me, I went on a hunt for a brand new, January 2021 release on VOD that looked so bad that I might hopefully be able to recapture that lost feeling.
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They Still Release Movies, Don’t They?
Pop culture excitement In 2021
In the first column I write for the Source Weekly every year, I always look ahead to the upcoming months and write about the movies I’m really looking forward to seeing. The problem with this concept right now is two-fold: One, half the movies I wrote about in this space last year still haven’t been […]
