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In the autumn of 2021, Russian-American filmmaker Julia Loktev arrived in Moscow, planning to document the harsh realities of life and work for independent journalists under Putin’s oppressive regime. Many of these journalists had just been named “foreign agents” by the Russian government for daring to investigate and report the

Erin Persley’s newest documentary, Human Shield, opened a door into a world many of us (myself included) didn’t know. It introduces us to a volunteer role that’s rarely talked about, offering insight into what it looks like, why it exists, and the emotional weight carried by those who choose to step

This Widow’s Bay review is Spoiler-Free. Widow’s Bay is a series that defies easy description. (That’s a compliment, by the way.) Part workplace comedy, part trope-filled horror story, and part love letter to the power of community and found family, it’s a show that’s honestly quite unlike anything else that’s on

Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur does not set out to make tourism destination films any more than he seeks to specifically tell stories of man, or woman, versus nature. It just seems to work out that way for him and the audience who watches along with a serious fear of missing

In the 1960s and ’70s, kids couldn’t open a comic book or go to a toy store without seeing sea-monkeys. Sort of. While advertisements and displays promised an underwater kingdom of smiling pink creatures living lives of ease, the actual creatures were microscopic specks that were barely visible to the