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NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: DR. NO Revisited
NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: DR. NO Revisited

As No Time To Die’s release date was pushed to November, Jake Tropila takes this chance to revisit all previous James Bond films, starting off with Dr. No.

Staff Inquiry: Best TV Series Finales
Staff Inquiry: Best TV Series Finales

This month for our Staff Inquiry, we’re highlighting some of the TV series that left us feeling just right.

Queerly Ever After #22: OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY!! (2009)
Queerly Ever After #22: OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY!! (2009)

Despite Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! having a happy ending, it still serves up highly offensive and harmful gay stereotypes.

Video Dispatches: Interview With Joel Potrykus
Video Dispatches: Interview With Joel Potrykus

Shawn Glinis spoke with Joel Potrykus, filmmaker and film professor hailing from Michigan, about mental health, teaching film, distribution and more.

Bollywood Inquiry February 2020: LOVE AAJ KAL 2, SHUBH MANGAL ZYAADA SAAVDAN, THAPPAD
Bollywood Inquiry February 2020: LOVE AAJ KAL 2, SHUBH MANGAL ZYAADA SAAVDAN, THAPPAD

Musanna Ahmed takes a look at some February Bollywood releases: Love Aaj Kal 2, Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdan and Thappad.

Video Dispatches: LE PETIT SOLDAT, THE LIMITS OF CONTROL & DARK WATERS
Video Dispatches: LE PETIT SOLDAT, THE LIMITS OF CONTROL & DARK WATERS

This week, we take a look at the recent Blu-Ray releases of Godard’s Le Petit Soldat (1963), Jarmusch’ The Limits of Control (2009) and Haynes’ Dark Waters (2019).

Staff Inquiry: Best Oscar Nominees That Won Nothing
Staff Inquiry: Best Oscar Nominees That Won Nothing

Plenty of legendary films have gone home empty-handed, so to remind ourselves just how precious this year’s ceremony really was, we’re taking a look back at some of the best movies that were up for Oscars but somehow won nothing.

Queerly Ever After #20: SHELTER (2007)
Queerly Ever After #20: SHELTER (2007)

Shelter is the kind of film you watch when you want something that is wholesome, but not chaste, that will end happy.

Video Dispatches: VIY, LET’S SCARE JESSICA, EMPEROR’S NAKED ARMY & VERY BAD THINGS
Video Dispatches: VIY, LET’S SCARE JESSICA, EMPEROR’S NAKED ARMY & VERY BAD THINGS

We take a look at the recent home video releases of Viy (1967), Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987) and Very Bad Things (1998).

Bollywood Inquiry February 2020: GHOST STORIES, CHHAPAAK, PANGA
Bollywood Inquiry January 2020: GHOST STORIES, CHHAPAAK, PANGA

Musanna Ahmed takes a look at some of Bollywood’s recent releases, such as Ghost Stories, Chhapaak and Panga!

Fantasy Science Pt. 30: Talking Dogs In UP & Real Life
Fantasy Science Pt. 30: Talking Dogs In UP & Real Life

In this thirtieth part of the Fantasy Science column, we’re going to chat about the talking dogs in the film Up and some real-life tech that gives voice to our best friends!

Queerly Ever After #19: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985)

Not only is My Beautiful Laundrette a brilliant take on star-crossed lovers, it doesn’t take the twists and turns you’d expect a story like this to take.

Video Dispatches: SECRET CEREMONY, OLD JOY & MISTER AMERICA
Video Dispatches: SECRET CEREMONY, OLD JOY & MISTER AMERICA

In this week’s Video Dispatches, Shawn Glinis covers the recent home video releases of Secret Ceremony (1968), Old Joy (2006) and Mister America (2019).

Queerly Ever After #18: HAPPY ENDINGS SLEEPOVER (2019) Part 2
Queerly Ever After #18: HAPPY ENDINGS SLEEPOVER (2019) Part 2

Amanda Jane Stern investigates whether there is actually truth behind the “based on a true story” gay spy film, Happy Endings Sleepover.

THE SIMPSONS Greatest Hits: Homer’s Barbershop Quartet

Sean Fallon considers another episode of The Simpsons in his quest to find the all-time greatest episode. Is “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” it?