Sarah Polley has Crafted One of the Most Devastating Portraits of Feminine Communal Grief in the Awe Inspiring Adaptation of Women Talking

“Without a language for it, there is a gaping silence, and in that silence is the real horror”, narrates Autje (Kate Hallet) and one of the youngest victims of the harrowing sexual violence perpetutated on the women, young and old alike, in the colony of which Women Talking takes place. They are led to believe

The Quiet Girl (2022) is an Affecting First Feature from Colm Bairéad.

The Quiet Girl (2022) is an emotionally life affirming social drama that harkens to the works of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh in its evocation of social realism, and it is remarkable that this is the first theatrical film directed by Colm Bairéad. Bairéad masterfully directs first time actress Catherine Clinch (Cait) in a devastatingly

Devotion (2022). Jonathan Majors Cannot save this Propaganda Piece.

The 919 Film Festival opened with what many would consider a surefire crowd pleaser that did very little for me once the layers of saccharine sentimentality and sanitized war scenes were unmasked to reveal a very poorly crafted propaganda piece for the US Navy corps masquerading as a feel good bromance. The script falls into

Tanya Tucker Makes her Triumphant Return in this Life-Affirmingly Serviceable Documentary

Written by Margaret Rasberry November 6th, 2022  “You were making music at the same time as Dolly (Parton) so to me, you are just as important to music as Dolly”, Brandi Carlile tells her inspiration Tanya Tucker in a heartwarmingly bolstering scene that rejuvenates Tucker in the recording studio for her first album in a

No. Kate Bush and her album The Dreaming is not Dada

Written by Margaret “Molly” Rasberry  While reading reviews for Tom Doyles’ newest biography on Kate Bush, Running Up that Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush (2022), I stumbled across a review that piqued my interest, and not in the way the critic intended. The excerpt in question: I needed a moment to process the leaps

Beast(2022) Review

Superb Directing is Wasted on a Lackluster Script in the Film Beast 

Kate Bush as a Queer Icon: Or Why We Cannot Stop Listening to Running up that Hill (A Deal with God)

we are a man and a woman and if we could actually swap each other’s roles we could actually be in each other’s place. I think we both would be very surprised and I think it would lead to a greater understanding..

Loren Bouchard Serves up a Delectable, though not very Filling, Movie the Whole Family can Enjoy in The Bob’s Burger’s Movie

Written by Margaret “Molly” Rasberry  The success of Loren Bouchard’s Bob’s Burgers is a miraculous occurrence. Premiering during a time where animated sitcoms that were rooted firmly in reality, such as King of the Hill,  were quietly being shuffled around to undesirable slots or outright canceled in favor of cartoons that revel in the ludicrously

Men(2022) Review

Alex Garland Proves that Third Time is Not the Charm in the Tediously Gruesome “Men”  Written by Margaret “Molly” Rasberry May 26th, 2022 I went into this film expecting to enjoy it. I never walked into a cinema intending to disengage with the flickering screen, especially when the movie is made by the credible auteur

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022) Review

The Daniels Have Crafted a Postmodern Feminist Spectacle for the Ages in “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once”  Written by Margaret “Molly” Rasberry March 21st, 2022  This review contains light spoilers.  There is a moment where the neurotic protagonist Evelyn Wang(Michelle Yeoh) is forced to relive moments of her past through the universe, beginning with her