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Issue #87: Life and Death 🪦
Supernatural creatures are all the rage these days, so here are reviews of two brand new babies: 28 Years Later + Sinners.
Issue #86: Power Grab 🧮
Reviewing 2024 Best Picture nominees Wicked and Dune.
Issue #85: Sacred Swarm🏺
Reviewing 2025 Best Picture nominees, Conclave and The Substance
Issue #84: Back From The Dead 🪦
Back again to talk about this year's Best Picture nominees. First up: Emilia Pérez + A Complete Unknown
Dispatch: Lynchian 🌕
On Wednesday, David Lynch died. Fuck, that sucks. On Twin Peaks, mourning, death, and Lynchian.
Festival Dispatch #10: Connections 💞
Part 2 of our HollyShorts Film Festival coverage: longer reviews of Vlog and Technician
Festival Dispatch #9: Musings on Meaning 🌱
Part 1 of our HollyShorts Film Festival coverage.
Festival Dispatch #8: Sunday Sundance 🎞️
Rounding our our Sundance 2024 coverage with reviews of Daughters, Exhibiting Forgiveness, Seeking Mavis Beacon and more
Festival Dispatch #7: I Wanna Sundance With Somebody 🎥
Come feel the heat of Sundance with us. Reviewing The Greatest Night In Pop, Thelma, Love Me and more.
Festival Dispatch #6: Sneaker Night 👟
Shorts that stood tall, in our first dispatch from Sundance 2024.
Issue #83: Opaque Intentions ♠️
Discussing Saltburn + May December, the year of Megan, why no one will say they're doing a musical, and more.
Issue #82: Packing a Punchline 🥊
Discussing Bottoms + The Killer, Marvel's missteps, Ron DeSantis' fancy heels and HBO trolls.
Festival Dispatch #5: Cruisin' 🏎
A sampling of some features from the 2023 New York Film Festival
Issue #81: Back in Business 🧨
Discussing Cat Person + Past Lives, the Google antitrust trial, marriage as malady and the end of Netflix DVDs.
Special Issue #6: Winner's Circle 🥇
Looking Back at the 2023 Best Picture Nominees: All Quiet On The Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking.
Issue #80: Epics and Expanse 🪱
Discussing Triangle of Sadness + All Quiet on The Western Front, Aaron Rodgers' darkness, Worf, how to fix The Oscars and more.
Issue #79: Fantasy and Fiction 🧜🏿♀️🧜🏻♀️
Discussing Avatar: The Way of Water + The Fabelmans, the New York Times, The Last of Us and how to find movies.
Issue #78: Music and Lyrics 🎻
Discussing Tár + The Banshees of Inisherin, Fleishman moms, lonely men, album of the year and defense of trans lives.
Issue #77: Everything Everywhere All On Top ✈️
Discussing Everything Everywhere All at Once + Top Gun: Maverick, Oscar campaigns, old friends, January movies, and more.