Author: Alice W. Ragan

Kiss of the Spider Woman Broadway and Jennifer Lopez Fans Rejoice! Like Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, and more recently Mean Girls, Kiss of the Spider Woman follows the familiar trajectory of movie (itself inspired….

Friendship The Art of Secondhand Embarrassment Overview: Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of….

Eephus One Last Game Under the Autumn Sky. I vividly remember my college days when, every Friday night, my friends would pick me up, and we’d head to a soccer….

Drop Swipe Right for Suspense. Early 2025 continues the trend of taking the rom-com formula into unexpected places. Drop marks yet another new direction for the genre this year—this time, instead of….

Die, My Love Motherhood Is Tedious It all starts quietly—a couple moving into a house they’ve inherited after a relative’s suicide, brushing off dust and dancing like they’ve got all….

CIELO (Fantasia 2025) A young girl, alone, trekking across the vastness of the desert. That was the first image that came to director Alberto Sciamma’s mind—an image that eventually evolved….

Case 137 Powerfully relevant, but too straightforward. Case 137 follows Stéphanie, a member of the French Internal Affairs division—what she calls “the police’s police.” Formerly in a more active policing role,….

Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking is Viveka Melki’s third documentary about sex trafficking in Canada. Through the stories of Mallory, Raine, and….

Bring Her Back A Horror Story with Heart With just two films, previous YouTube pranksters the Philippou brothers, previously known as RackaRacka, have quickly become some of the most exciting….

Black Mirror (Season 7) A Nostalgic but Safe Return Once a cultural phenomenon, Black Mirror arguably hit its creative peak during its first two seasons on Netflix, after moving from Channel 4….