Authors: Patrick Gibbs
Lady: A Powerful Story of Survival and Hope
Lady’s efforts to keep her head down and go about her business are disrupted when old friend Pinky reappears and is now moving through the city as a sex worker. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews | Sundance
The Musical Hits All The Wrong Notes
The Musical plays out like a dumbfoundingly obnoxious variation on Richard Linklater’s 2003 classic School of Rock. … read more
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance...
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! is about survival, love and loss. It’s also an exuberant and captivating musical fantasy capturing Haru’s feelings and desires. … read more
Top 11 Films of 2025
From the early standouts at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to the last of the platformed Oscar-bait films, here are my picks for the top 11 films of 2025. … read more
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Casey G. Williams Can’t Be Contained
Casey G. Williams’ film explores how containerization accelerated China’s rise, shifting economic power from West to East and intensifying division worldwide. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Interviews
Film Review — The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
SpongeBob believes he’s finally ready to ride the legendary Shipwreck coaster. When fear gets the better of him, he accidentally summons the Flying Dutchman. … read more
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Film Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash
I’m not here to claim that Avatar: Fire and Ash is anything more than it is, and I’ve seen many movies this year that were deeper, smarter and more important. … read more
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Film Review: The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is a slow burn that requires a strong attention span. Its portrait of suppressed histories and state surveillance resonates with the present. … read more
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Film Review: Ella McCay
Ella MacKay brings to mind a blind old incontinent sheepdog who is clinging to the last vestiges of life. There’s a feeling of love and fond memories of better days. … read more
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Film Review: Fackham Hall
Does Fackham Hall stoop to lowbrow, cheap humor? Of course it does. It also has some smart, well-constructed gags and hundreds of extremely silly ones. … read more
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Film Review: Wake Up Dead Man
Wake Up Dead Man is a treatise on the judgmental, weaponized toxicity of modern Christianity vs. the actual doctrine of Christ. … read more
Film Review: Hamnet
Hamnet stands as a marvel of emotion, a hymn to grief sung softly into the marrow, a tale that leaves the soul strangely whole. … read more
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