She Dies Tomorrow is hypnotic and unsettling —

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

I was hypnotized by SHE DIES TOMORROW, a brilliantly unsettling horror movie that perfectly distills the potent mix of abject fear and resigned exhaustion that defines so much of modern life. See. This. Movie.

Yes, God, Yes

- A surprisingly sweet comedy about sex, religion, and the internet in the early 00s!

This film made me wonder what the function of nostalgia is, when it’s for a time I don’t particularly have any urge to revisit!

Cursed is a confounding retelling of Arthurian legend... —

punctuated by moments of brilliance

I did love a lot about Netflix’s CURSED. It has excellent performances across the board, gripping and emotional action sequences, and some really stunning imagery that almost (almost!) makes the whole thing worthwhile. But it’s also just… kind of boring…?

In The Grip of Powerful Rage — —

on rape-revenge and on-screen trauma in JU-ON: ORIGINS

A review of Netflix’s supremely-upsetting, graphic prequel series to The Grudge, available worldwide on July 3rd.

Outside of Laramie

Joy Ride (2001) as gay panic horror

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved road horror movies. It seems to me to be the most quintessentially American horror genre, our obsession with manifest destiny and westward expansion come back to haunt us, to punish us for thinking we deserve to drive at will across vast expanses of barren desert, to speed toward the ever-distant horizon in our gas-guzzling automobiles, without a care in the world. Who do we think we are? What hubris.

Pier Kids —

streaming now at Outfest!

‘Pier Kids’ is an intimate look at the lives of the black trans and queer youth who congregate on the Christopher Street Pier in NYC. Especially now, as the country grapples with the biggest Civil Rights demonstrations in a generation, it’s a vital documentary.

Josef Salvat - ‘modern anxiety’ —

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Listening to it now, amidst… *gestures at the last few months*… the album feels like a salve, like a soothing reminder that I’m not the only one struggling to process the world outside my door, or inside my phone.

‘Climate of the Hunter’ Review

The Pandemic Anthology

The VICE Guide to Bigfoot is funny, but safe

The Beach House is eerie, disgusting, and fantastic

Ben Platt Live at Radio City Music Hall

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

I find that it’s impossible for me to be cynical while listening to Ben Platt sing. He has an earnestness in his voice that resists all attempts at reading his performance as anything less than genuine.

Review of pregnancy-themed chiller ‘Delivered’

on Hulu now!

‘Delivered’ isn’t just a movie about a woman kidnapping an expectant mother; it’s a movie about a black woman lured to a farmhouse by an evil white woman, where she’s shackled and chained. And the film doesn’t seem to want to explore those optics whatsoever.

Clementine Movie Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Available on Virtual Cinemas 5/8

Clementine is languorously paced, full of longing looks, hesitant touches, and afternoons spent relaxing by the lake. It’s about the moment before the kiss, that sharp intake of breath when you realize you’re being looked at the same way you are looking. It’s about feeling like you’re drowning and reaching up for a hand, and finding one, even though it may not be one that really saves you.

'Pooka Lives!' cements the evil toy's future as a horror icon —

on Hulu now!

Pooka Lives!, a horror-comedy sequel to 2018's deeply strange Pooka!, is on Hulu now! Check out my review!

Almost Love —

on The Queer Review!

Looking for a delightful rom-com for your quarantine viewing? Check out my review of Almost Love, a great ensemble comedy, on VOD now!

Mass Hysteria is a fun horror comedy about a witchy plague —

Premiering Wednesday on Facebook!

With blockbusters being yanked from the release schedule and currently-running films slapped online for rental months ahead of time, smaller films have been turning to the web to innovate new release strategies at a time when more people are at home, consuming entertainment through the Internet, than ever before.

"Why Do Animals Die in Cages?" — —

Considering Justice in Netflix's Tiger King

I've spent the last week mulling over the final twist in Tiger King, so I wrote about how the show seems to be interested in a different kind of "justice" than most true-crime shows!

'The End of the World Will Come at Dawn — on Miracle Mile and moving to Los Angeles at the End of America —

on BrightWall/DarkRoom

An essay I wrote last year about Miracle Mile, depression, and what it's like to make a big life change when you feel like the world might be ending.

New! Interview with the director and the star of new horror film 'M.O.M. (Mothers of Monsters)' —

on TheQueerReview.com!

Had a great chat with director Tucia Lyman and star Bailey Edwards about their new found-footage horror film 'M.O.M.' We talked about the power of horror movies to spur social change, bonding on set over being queer, and the history of queers in horror film!

Review of 'Breaking Fast' —

on TheQueerReview.com!

A review of the new gay romantic comedy 'Breaking Fast,' which premiered at OutFest Fusion last weekend! Spoilers: it's lovely, full of warm, heartfelt performances.