Film
Man Strives For Greatness, but there are Consequences™: How to break the Toxic Ambition loop on Film
Can anyone imagine greatness without the same old consequences?
Opinion
No holds barred, pushing the conversation forward.
Film
The best films of the year were all made by women.
Incredible coincidence – will hollywood heed the message?
Music
Woman’s Best Friend? | Thoughts on Sabrina Carpenter’s Cover Art
This backlash isn’t unexpected and may very well be part of Carpenter’s design to get people discussing. Sabrina is known to satirise male incompetence and female image and sexuality. But is this a step too far?
Film
Audience Etiquette and Minecraft Memes.
The biggest movie in the world right now is kind of a mess, but not for the reasons a movie that's based on yet another intellectual property might have you think it is.
Fashion
Pedro Politics: Julie Vision
In a tenuous era of cultural history, some divas just can't be silenced.
Film
Materialists: The Tides have Turned
Ma'am, he's literally Rich!Pedro Pascal.
The Case
The case for Gen Z’s Sex Scene Repulsion
There are methods to our madness.
Opinion
Oh…!: UMNIA’s Academy Awards 2025 Post-Mortem
This is an opinion piece, I promise. So, I slept through the Oscars last night. This was mostly apathy, and the fact that I didn’t want to witness an Emilia Pérez sweep live and in glorious technicolor. The universe seems to have taken mercy on me and given it
Reviews
My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review
This review comes to us from our On-The-Ground correspondent and Santa Barbara native, Jack O’Mahoney. This is a propaganda film. Let me explain. For a political documentary centering on the fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and clearly produced for a “Western” (likely US American) audience, My Stolen Planet
Fantastic Four First Foreshadowing and Forethought, or something.
It is well known that the most beloved and high-ticket Marvel characters and franchises are often the sight of much drama and failure. Being such valuable IP, they tend to be munched on by less-than-understanding studio executives who squeeze the life out of the thing until there isn’t much
Opinion
‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)
When a film was well received this year, it was usually because it was channelling the anger and frustrations of those who have been left behind. This wasn’t your usual raft of ‘Diversity Hires’ or “The value of Diverse Storytelling”-ass movies. These films were specific, working things out
‘Hit Man’, and the new Low-Mid Budget Era
There is something so fulfilling about being right, and there, and on it, and around, and paying attention. I have been a fan of Linklater’s for a while now, and especially his approach to filmmaking resonates with me deeply. There is, simultaneously, a seriousness and irreverence that means he