Small runtimes don’t make the films any less grand and Doublespeak is a perfect example of how large storytelling comes in small packages.
Author: Cait Kennedy
Cait Kennedy
Caitlin is a sweater enthusiast, film critic, and lean, mean writing machine based in Austin, TX. Her love of film began with being shown Rosemary’s Baby at a particularly impressionable age and she’s been hooked ever since. She loves a good bourbon and hates people who talk in movies. Caitlin has been writing since 2014 and you can find her work on Film Inquiry, The Financial Diet, Nightmarish Conjurings, and many others. Follow her on Twitter at @CaitDoes.
In the age of information and the Internet, it’s easy to take awareness for granted. To be informed is more than just a gift and a privilege, but a necessity. In any other year, News of the World may have come and gone passively as yet another historic drama and actor’s piece. However, in 2020 and 2021, News of the World strikes a poignant and timely note on the importance of truth. More importantly, the film illustrates how truth drives us to do better for the world and each other. News of the World is an adaptation of Paulette Jiles’ popular novel by…
This year, around March, I found myself with a lot of extra reading time on my hands (the strangest thing), here are the 10 books that got me through 2020.
In her first series following her recent move to Netflix, Shonda Rhimes’Â Bridgerton Season 1Â is a breathless escape into beauty and intrigue.
For Big Mouth Season 4, the series is going to summer camp (and all the adolescent trauma that entails) but it’s also going for a broader perspective.
Aubrey Plaza and Sarah Gadon star in Black Bear (2020), a strange and sobering film by writer and director Lawrence Michael Levine.
Set in the strange duality of the American South and New York City, in the early 70s, Uncle Frank tells two distinct stories.
Take the icon and wrap her in all the tinsel of the holiday season and slap on a Christmas narrative and you’ve got Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.