This post was originally posted on the DIASPORA newsletter on December 2, 2025. Subscribe here! As the year comes to a close, I am trying to cram as many FYC films into my eyeballs as possible before voting deadlines for the various critics organizations of which...
This article was originally published via the DIASPORA Substack newsletter on November 21. SUBSCRIBE HERE! Wicked: For Good is out in theaters and my immediate thoughts: Dorothy isn’t the heroine we thought her to be. Instead, she’s an annoying little interloper....
DIE MY LOVE In Die My Love, Katniss Everdeen goes up against her biggest adversary yet: postpartum depression and Edward Cullen as a husband who just doesn’t get it. Lynne Ramsay’s latest can be seen as a dark fever dream of a comedy or just a straight-up...
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For years and decades and the inception of the printed word, marginalized journalists have used their voice to build other brands while being hesitant to report on honestly about how they feel about certain aspects of film and TV. More than that, they never had the...
With documentary features like Whose Streets?, 13th, The Life and Death of Sandra Bland, Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland, Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, Always in Season and John Lewis: Good Trouble, there are plenty of films to serve as a...
