Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Film/Television What Defines the Line Between Inclusivity and Queerbaiting? By Michael Abernethy / 19 April 2017 It was the year of the African American, not the LGBTQ, at the Academy Awards -- we can't have both. Perhaps the new hashtag should be #Oscarsoblackandwhite.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film There Never Was an Academy Awards Battle Between ‘La La Land’ and ‘Moonlight’ By Brice Ezell / 28 February 2017 It's important to recognize storytelling that gives voice to the voiceless. The Oscars, however, are not that important.
Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film/Politics The Films of 2016 Didn’t See Trump Coming, Either By Chris Barsanti / 22 December 2016 As a gauge of the American zeitgeist, 2016’s films provided no warning of the reactionary backlash the nation just woke up to.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film The Best Films of 2016 By PopMatters Staff / 16 December 2016 PopMatters presents a list of the best films that surfaced in 2016 and impressed us with their cinematic visions of where we’ve been.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Film/PopMatters Picks/Reviews The Painful Beauty in ‘Moonlight’ By Kyle Aaronson / 30 November 2016 In his sophomore effort, writer-director Barry Jenkins' exacting calibration results in an experience that is deeply moving.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Film/Film Festivals/Short Ends and Leader TIFF 2016: ‘Deepwater Horizon’, ‘Moonlight’, ‘Carrie Pilby’ and ‘The Magnificent Seven’ By Stephen Mayne / 15 September 2016
Featured: Top of Home Page/Television Your Virtual Fall TV Preview: Mondays By Jessy Krupa / 16 August 2010