How the Sausage Gets Made
Ascension by Christie Robb If the makers of Black Mirror made a documentary, I imagine it would feel a lot like Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension. Presented with no voice-over, written narrative,…read more →
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Dark Academia
Detention by Christie Robb Dead Poet’s Society meets Pan’s Labyrinth in John Hsu’s Detention, based on a 2017 2-D video game. Set in 1960s Taiwan, the state is under martial…read more →
Must Be Adjacent to the Hotel California
The Nowhere Inn by Christie Robb Ever wondered what a mock music documentary directed by David Lynch would feel like? Bill Benz’s The Nowhere Inn is a hybrid of St.…read more →
O Brave New World
The Colony by Christie Robb Director/co-writer Tim Fehlbaum’s The Colony (originally titled Tides) is a new entry into science fiction’s grand tradition of working out issues of the past and…read more →
Revealing Our Privates in Public
Materna by Christie Robb With Materna, director David Gutnik presents four emotional vignettes of women and their relationships with either their mother figures, their children, or both. While the four…read more →
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 →
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 →