CODA is a film that doesn't take a lot chances, with it's familiar tropes it doesn't stray from the formula. It's a remake of a 2014 French film, it's...
Moxie (dir. Amy Poehler)
Netflix's film Moxie brings riot grrrl punk feminism to a whole new generation: music, zines, and voices coming together to make the world a bit bette...
Student Perspectives: Judas and the Black Messiah (dir. Shaka King)
During our recent episode on Judas and the Black Messiah, Professor Bill Resh spoke about using the film as part of his course on citizenship. We thou...
Judas and the Black Messiah (dir. Shaka King)
Under the threat of prison, Bill O'Neal infiltrated the Black Panther Party in Chicago. Judas and the Black Messiah looks at the last three years of t...
Hillbilly Elegy & Between the World and Me
Today we’ll be doing something a bit different. We’re looking at two memoirs made into films in 2020: Between the World and Me, from HBO, based on the...
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix, created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott)
Odds are that you know someone raving about the new Netflix coming of age limited series, The Queen's Gambit. Lifted from the novel of the same title,...
On the Rocks (dir. Sophia Coppola)
On the Rocks, the latest film from Sophia Coppola, like many of the director's films, relies on dialogue and character interaction. This time the cent...
Lovecraft Country (HBO, Created by Misha Green)
Episode one of Lovecraft Country lets viewers know for sure that the question of reality and truth is at the heart of the series. In reality, H. P. Lo...
Mulan (dir. Niki Caro)
For our September film discussion, we decided on Disney's streaming release of the live-action remake, Mulan. It's a film that is surrounded by contro...
Starship Troopers (1997 - dir. Paul Verhoeven)
The 2020 Presidential Election brings us to an important tipping point in the American experiment. In July 2020, the New Yorker ran a piece called "Ho...