Twice As Good: Moonlight and the Oscars

My Oscar party crew was a pretty representative cross-section of my community: women, trans and nonbinary folks, people of color, queers, and a cat. We hadn’t seen a lot of the nominated movies, but we had very strong opinions on who we wanted to win and who we wanted...

La La Land + Arrival – The Art of Cinematic Optimism

Warning: Spoilers for both films are below. Read at your own risk! I spent back-to-back Sundays seeing highly anticipated and regarded films: Arrival & La La Land (in that order). I had very different reactions to both, but found underlying connections that felt...