Nuisance Bear: A Meditation on the Marriage of Man and Mother Nature

Nuisance Bear: A Meditation on the Marriage of Man and...
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Man’s ironic relationship with nature is precisely what Nuisance Bear taps into. In trying to help them, we are also harming them. … read more

Lady: A Powerful Story of Survival and Hope

Lady: A Powerful Story of Survival and Hope
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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

American Doctor: A Deeply Human Look into Frontline Workers in Gaza

American Doctor: A Deeply Human Look into Frontline Workers in...
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American Doctor follows three surgeons, each on their personal journeys to provide relief work in Gaza. … read more

Run Amok is a Surreal Afterschool Special

Run Amok is a Surreal Afterschool Special
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Run Amok is all over the place trying to tackle every gun reform nuance. This leaves what she’s trying to say as half-formed or forgotten along the way. … read more

 
 
The Musical Hits All The Wrong Notes

The Musical Hits All The Wrong Notes
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The Musical plays out like a dumbfoundingly obnoxious variation on Richard Linklater’s 2003 classic School of Rock. … read more

South Park’s Surprising Civil Duty

South Park’s Surprising Civil Duty
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South Park’s fearlessness to call out anyone at any time they please has cemented them into a crucial role in the American media space. … read more

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance Again

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance...
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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 Five Albums of 2025 for Mesmerizing Busy Minds 

Top Five Albums of 2025 for Mesmerizing Busy Minds 
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Either way, I spent a lot of time in 2025 looking for music that would move me to move on, scratch my brain just so and trigger an emotional unclogging. … read more

Top Five Albums for the Sad Girl Psyche

Top Five Albums for the Sad Girl Psyche
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Being a “sad girl” isn’t defined by gender or expression, either; it is in your psyche. Here are five albums that have carried me through all of my emotions.  … read more

Top 11 Films of 2025

Top 11 Films of 2025
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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

Local Review: Lounge Monkey — An Ode to Self Sabotage

Local Review: Lounge Monkey — An Ode to Self Sabotage
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Lounge Monkey can finally be a confident, born-again, five-piece rock band with clear direction and purpose, unleashed from their insecurities and inhibitions. … read more

Top Five Albums of 2025 That Are So Good, They Made Me Hate AI Even More

Top Five Albums of 2025 That Are So Good, They...
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Even at its most sophisticated, I doubt that AI could successfully replicate even a viral Vine. It would be nothing but an amalgamated copy of videos made by people.   … read more