comedy

CRSHD: Floundering Narrative Fails to Entice in College Comedy
CRSHD: Floundering Narrative Fails To Entice In College Comedy

While a narrative focusing on young women exploring their sexuality without judgment would usually be greeted with enthusiasm, CRSHD treads well-worn stereotypes.

SOUNDTRACK TO SIXTEEN: Insecurities Analyzed
SOUNDTRACK TO SIXTEEN: Insecurities Analyzed

Hillary Shakespeare’s Soundtrack to Sixteen is a concise and delightful examination of teenage insecurities with great performances and strong writing.

THE LOVEBIRDS: I Think We Should See Other People
THE LOVEBIRDS: I Think We Should See Other People

At the end of the day, The Lovebirds feels like a bad first date. You go in full of hope and a mind for flirting and fun and leave without a meaningful connection.

RAMY Season 2: Continues To Show Us How Hard It Is To Be Better
RAMY Season 2: Continues To Show Us How Hard It Is To Be Better

Maintaining the humor of season one, the latest season of Ramy is also moving, heartbreaking, and relevant.

THE MIDNIGHT GOSPEL: A Mind-Tripping, Animated Podcast
THE MIDNIGHT GOSPEL Season 1: A Mind-Tripping, Animated Podcast

Whether you’re a fan of podcasts or adult animation, The Midnight Gospel offers a mind-bending experience to viewers that has not really been seen before.

LOVESICK: The Best Netflix Show You've Never Seen
LOVESICK: The Best Netflix Show You’ve Never Seen

What the show lacks in the easy charm of simplicity, it makes up for in a deeper emotional connection. Lovesick doesn’t replace the rom-com, it just offers a new, often improved, take on it.

Berlinale 2020: DEATH OF NINTENDO
Berlinale 2020: DEATH OF NINTENDO

Death of Nintendo doesn’t aspire to break any creative ceilings, but does perfectly fine within its own creative sandbox.

CENTRAL PARK Season 1: Close To My Heart, Closer To My Funnybone

Central Park, as a show, goes down like a Manhattan. Straight-up and smooth and quintessentially New York.

SXSW 2019 Review: ALICE: Empowering for Women, Enlightening for Everyone
SXSW 2019 Review: ALICE: Empowering For Women, Enlightening For Everyone

Alice is a film that should enlighten anybody, because it’s about society as much as it is about Alice herself.

FAITH BASED: Trying To Find Comedy In Religion
FAITH BASED: Trying To Find Comedy In Religion

Faith Based isn’t the funniest film you’ll sit through this year, though it might get you through a lazy Sunday with a few laughs.

HOW TO BUILD A GIRL: Sometimes You Need To Be the Villain of Your Story
HOW TO BUILD A GIRL: Sometimes You Need To Be The Villain of Your Story

In a time when women are breaking boundaries and recreating the ideas and perspectives of female characters, How to Build A Girl delivers just that.

DUMMY: Learning to Love Yourself Has Never Been This Genuine
DUMMY: Learning To Love Yourself Has Never Been This Genuine

Cody Heller brings an inescapable vulnerability to her latest series Dummy, an honesty not typically seen in female driven stories.

Queerly Ever After #25: KEPT BOY (2017)
Queerly Ever After #25: KEPT BOY (2017)

Kept Boy is neither so bad it’s good, nor is it endearing. It’s just a dull movie populated by unlikable characters.

FAIRYTALE: Trans Comedy Blends 1950s America With A Search for Identity
FAIRYTALE: Trans Comedy Blends 1950s America With A Search for Identity

Fairytale is an interesting take on the story of a transgender woman’s transition, set against the backdrop of external threats of UFOs, communism and a picture-perfect 1950s setting.

DEERSKIN: Bizarre Comedy Blends Character Study & Grotesque Violence
DEERSKIN: Bizarre Comedy Blends Character Study & Grotesque Violence

Even if you admire Deerskin’s audacity, its sudden and puzzling conclusion leaves much to be desired.