The 4th Annual Sheist Film Awards (2020)

I wasn’t sure whether or not to do my year-end list for 2020 but, with things pushed back, I had…

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The Power of the Blues – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2021)

Many, if not most, movies about musicians tend to put the music in the foreground. Even though the film opens…

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Best Served Cold – Promising Young Woman (2020)

This was the indie movie that had been on my radar since its premiere at Sundance in January of 2020.…

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3rd Annual Sheist Film Awards

Since the Academy moved their awards forward by about three weeks, it’s time to get into the best and worst…

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Strength in Sisterhood – Little Women

Some stories just have a way of sticking around for generations. Sometimes it’s the characters, sometimes it’s the context of…

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Secrecy in the Family – After the Wedding

Heading into the first weekend in September, It Chapter Two is poised to dominate the box office. If you’re not…

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The Burden of Truth – The Farewell

Counterprogramming is always interesting over the summer. The big studio projects are doing their thing at the box office, bulldozing…

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Gone, Not Forgotten – Roma (2018)

Since the Academy expanded its threshold for Best Picture nominees to 10, there hasn’t been a year where they have…

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