Grief, Emptiness and Longing in Drive My Car (2021)
Drive My Car is a beloved film among art film lovers and I can see why it…
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Book Review: Citizen Illegal, Jose Olivarez (2018)
Overall Impressions Citizen Illegal is a small book of poems published by Haymarket Books out of Chicago….
The Converging of Opposites in West Side Story
As a film I don’t think West Side Story could be better. Everything from the lighting, to…
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Book Review: This is How You Lose the Time War (2019), Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
This is How You Lose the Time War is a romance/science fiction novel, which is a genre…
A Slice of Life in The Worst Person in the World (2021)
The Worst Person in the World is my first Joachim Trier film. Oscar season was a few…
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Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half & Anti-Blackness
I picked up The Vanishing Half in the middle of winter at my local pharmacy. I have…
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Call Me By Your Name is a Beautiful Film
It’s Pride month, and what better way to begin it than with a review of a gay…
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Book Review: Girl in Need of a Tourniquet (2010) by Merri Lisa Johnson
Girl in Need of a Tourniquet is a memoir by someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. It’s a…