Kristen Lopez

Movie Reviews

Wicker Review: The Year's (Actual) Best Movie About Wishing For a Partner

Alexander Skarsgard and Olivia Colman are a new screen team we need more of.

Movie Reviews

Wildwood Review: Laika's Most Beautiful (and Heartbreaking) Story

Director Travis Knight and screenwriter Chris Butler reread for another epic fantasy

Interview

Renate Reinsve Was Asked Not to Know the Truth in Fjord [Video]

The actress also talked about finding power in what was considered the smaller role

Women They Warned You About

Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, and What Happens When Good Girls Grow Up

The transition from girl to woman isn't even, especially when you're America's Hollywood teen dream

Podcast

The Old Dark House: Boris Karloff, Queer Chaos, and the Haunted House Movie That Defies Explanation

James Whale's 1932 underrated gem gets the Ticklish Biz Halloween treatment.

Deep Dive

Verity, Leave Her to Heaven, and What Makes a "Bad Woman"

And right after the Lindsay Clancy trial, too.

Interview

“This Is Not My Point of View”: Why Fjord Director Cristian Mungiu Refuses to Tell Audiences Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong

We also discuss critiques and when progressivism turns into extremism.

Interview

How Liz Sargent Put a Disabled Actor at the Center of Her Film and Got Out of Her Way [Exclusive]

"We didn't baby her," Sargent says about her lead (and sister) in TAKE ME HOME.

Should We Start Panicking About Hollywood History Now?

Paramount and WB have finally merged. Collect your classic content while you can.

Movie Reviews

The Social Reckoning Review: Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Sequel Tries to Make Us Care About What Hasn't Changed

Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White try to infuse life into Sorkin's political monologuing.

Best Of Lists

8 Best Things I Watched and Read in September

September had some of the best movies I've seen all year!

Podcast

Jane Fonda, Letty Lynton, and the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival

I'm keeping the film festival audio rolling in this week's Ticklish Biz.