Category: Features
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This Isn’t Real: Simulated Fear In Modern Movies
I’m a sentimental cinephile. I have a tendency to find the metaphor in any film I see, applying it to whatever I’m experiencing in my own life. While some look at recent films like Spider-Man: Far From Home and It: Chapter Two and see headlines about box office records or think-pieces about the future of film, I see stories…
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ATX Festival celebrates the power of female partnerships
Article first appeared on FF2 Media on June 10, 2019 The eighth season of the ATX Television Festival was held June 6-9 in Austin, Texas, celebrating all aspects of the television medium. The Power of Female Partnerships was one of the first panels on the four-day schedule, presented by Vanity Fair. Panelists included Good Girls…
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‘The Kids’ Were More Than Alright
The ABC comedy lineup is almost as crowded as the Clearys’ dining room during dinner. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ deserves a spot at the table.
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‘About Time’ Nails the Time Travel Trope
Time travel is a staple in cinematic storytelling, from Marty McFly’s famous attempt to reunite his parents in Back to the Future to our favorite superheroes racing through the past to collect infinity stones in Avengers: Endgame. Writer-director Richard Curtis puts a contemporary spin on the time travel concept with his underrated feature About Time. Curtis is known for British…