As someone who was single for a long time before she wasn’t, I know firsthand how coupled people often Other the unattached. Photo by Molly Belle on Unsplash In the spirit of using more inclusive language, I’ve compiled a list…
Today I am a boring married lady. But, before I exchanged wedding vows with my husband a few months back, I spent more than a decade in, and out, of the wrong relationships. With experience like that comes some good…
The movie Hustlers contains multitudes. Based on the true story of a gang of strippers who got rich scamming Wall Street guys, Hustlers is most obviously a revenge fantasy about the working-class striking back at the 1%. But while that…
Is anyone better at capturing the subtleties – and the absurdities – of upper-middle class people’s lives than Noah Baumbach? After seeing Marriage Story, I think not. Loosely based on Baumbach’s own divorce, Marriage Story is an epic two-hander about…
The Goldfinch is about many things. The story of Theo, a young boy whose mother was killed in a terrorist attack at an art gallery, The Goldfinch follows Theo into adulthood as it tackles weighty themes like tragedy, trauma, coming-of-age,…
How To Build a Girl is that special gem that makes you think, feel, and laugh like a baby watching Peppa Pig. Directed by Coky Giedroyc and based on the novel of the same name – which is based on…
Directed by Amy Jo Johnson, Tammy’s Always Dying is a more complicated story than this film realizes. Tammy (Felicity Huffman) is a single mother in her fifties. Suffering from alcohol use disorder and depression, she lightens things up by “being…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is an aptly titled film. Directed by Celine Sciamma, it’s a love story set in 18th century France. Heloise (Adele Haenel) is a young noble woman being courted by a Milanese suitor, a suitor…