18 to Party peaks early, which is one thing a party should avoid. Its opening shot is also its most memorable image: a slow truck across a tableau of teens, decked out in the height of 80s small-to...
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Tiger King: A ‘cat-eat-cat’ world
This article contains spoilers for Tiger King. There is plenty of talk of “dog-eat-dog,” but none at all of “cat-eat-cat.” The eight-part Netflix Original documentary, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem an...
“Crash Landing On You”: a tale of forbidden but prevailing love
By Michelle Aye and Woojin Lim Crash Landing On You tells the world-flipping tale of star-crossed lovers separated by borders and their respective nationalities: South Korean heiress Yoon Se-ri (So...
“Itaewon Class” offers heartfuls of soft tofu soup
By Woojin Lim and Gloria Lin Itaewon Class (2020) is a popular webtoon-turned-drama that follows the life of thick-headed idealist and high school dropout Park Sae-ro-yi (Park Seo-joon) as he conqu...
Cave Rescue is a timely reminder of human power and compassion
On the 23rd of June of 2018, 12 Thai boys were trapped deep inside Tham Luang cave, located in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. The boys were members of the Wild Boars junior football team who, acco...
Trapped in Vivarium
Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium is of vast ambition—the picture begins with a pan of baby birds squirming in their home nest, dislodged by predatory cuckoos as they screech in high-pitch, and later devo...
Come and See refuses to relent
War films tend to ride on the line between regret and righteousness. Inherent in notions of victory is often an unspoken sentiment: it was righteous to fight evil. Western depictions tend to simpli...
Lie Exposed doesn’t expose much
Lie Exposed is adapted from Jeff Kober’s play Pornography. That’s a better title, but I guess it would sink you on the SEO. So, this ensemble drama about viewers and subjects at the gallery opening...
Come to Daddy is bloody fun for the midnight movie crowd
Tofino looks good in Come to Daddy (though it’s playing Oregon). Elijah Wood does not. His smugly idiotic haircut and precious little moustache would be perfect for one of those angry Boomer memes ...
A night of fun leads to a dark turn of events in “Death Of The Party”
“Death Of The Party” is a film that revolves around a girl named Sloane who, after a night of onesies, tequila, and poker ends up finding her brother Tyler’s dead body the next day – as well as his...
A whimsical exploration of a child’s identity takes place in “A Typical Fairytale”.
A Typical Fairytale is a film that focuses on the exploration of gulfs between parent and child, taking the form of couples Sherry and Larry, whose storybook life ends with a child named Sara. Thro...
Preview: “Grandma’s 80th Surprise” – how a mixed-race relationship leads to familial problems
Grandma’s 80th Surprise is a film that details the life of a young Chinese man named Curtis, who recently has fallen in love with a mixed-race woman named Ella. However, things begin to beco...
