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Since the onset of the pandemic in March, many of us have endured the struggles of coming up with innovative ways to stave off the enduring boredom. Whether it be participating in the newest TikTok trend or rediscovering a passion for crocheting, the difficulty of entertaining oneself during quarantine has
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To yearn allows oneself the time to slow down, to sit in silence and consider, even wallow, in the weight of our emotions.
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Fraser and Jonathan’s relationship continues to escalate on a trip to the countryside, an outing whose nature no one can seem to agree on.
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Because media presents queerness as this monumental, pivotal moment, I tend to treat my own identity as constantly progressing toward a climax.
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The Italian Summer is an all-too-common trope in fiction, a dramatic foil to the misery of English spring showers and gray skies.
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It’s time for the Oscars to dispense with the waiting, and instead award the year’s brightest performances the first time around.
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Beyond what’s in the theater, there is a plethora of romantic movies both new and old begging to be watched during this corporate holiday of sorts.
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Run for the exits in disgust or fall for this manic pixie dream girl of a campy, supernatural thriller. Luca Guadagnino rebranded Dario Argento’s 1977 cult classic, “Suspiria,” in an exercise in Hollywood world building that’s about as polarizing as listening to your mate’s stories about gap year.
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Van Groeningen’s film “Beautiful Boy” — adapted from David Sheff’s memoir of the same name and Nic Sheff’s “Tweak” — tells two individual stories in conversation with one another. A tale of not just addiction, but of a delicate relationship between father and son, the film moves fluidly between the two narratives.
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At 10 p.m., sitting in one of four mustard-yellow lounge chairs in my living room, I open Grindr. A little green circle pops up at the bottom corner of my profile, indicating that I am online. I had released the bait, chummed the waters, so to speak, and patiently waited
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