A Whole Aesthetic World
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide by Christie Robb With the cancellation of 2021’s Columbus Arts Festival and ComFest happening only virtually, this summer you might be feeling the sweet ache…read more →
Christie Robb
Yippie Ki Yay, Micro Budget
In Action by Christie Robb In a world where two middle-aged men have access to a room, a series of Apple products, $22,730 from Kickstarter, and five years, expect a…read more →
Next-Level Flower Arrangements
Queen Marie by Christie Robb Alexis Cahill’s biopic is a sumptuous surface-level look at Queen Marie of Romania’s impact on the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Versailles—which wrapped…read more →
The Kids Are Not Alright
Here Are the Young Men by Christie Robb Based on Rob Doyle’s 2014 novel of the same name, Eoin Macken’s Here Are the Young Men is a bleak look at…read more →
It’s People!!!
Roe V Wade by Christie Robb Cathy Allyn and Nick Loeb’s film Roe v. Wade is an unnuanced slog through the events leading up to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court…read more →
Things that Make You Go Hmmm
Donny’s Bar Mitzvah by Christie Robb According to Jewish Law, a bar mitzvah is when, at 13, boy becomes a man and can be held accountable for his actions. The…read more →
I Can’t Go Out – Week of April 28
The time will come within weeks that we have no post-theatrical releases to discuss. How insane is that? Until then, you can pass the time with two early 2020 releases…read more →
Weaponizing Anxiety
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations by Christie Robb “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it[1].” In the documentary Viral, director Andrew Goldberg explores the recent rise…read more →
Look What the Cat Dragged In
Cats by Christie Robb People say that you’re either a cat person or a dog person. I’m a cat person, but definitely not a Cats person. But if you are,…read more →
Parentification
Mickey and the Bear by Christie Robb In a nuanced coming-of-age story, writer/director Annabelle Attanasio delicately maps the rocky emotional landscape of high-school student Mickey Peck (Camila Morrone). Mickey balances…read more →