Best Of Lists
The 6 Best Things I Watched and Read in October
It's a small but mighty list of things I loved last month and recommend.
Kristen Lopez
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: Reid Davenport's 'Life After' Is Essential
Davenport continues to show his strengths as a filmmaker with this devastating and stirring look at assisted suicide
Interview
Makeup Maestro Scott Barnes Talks Finding the Perfect Spider Woman Look
Barnes talks about making Jennifer Lopez look like she's straight out of Old Hollywood
Deep Dive
'Once Bitten': How an '80s Sex Comedy Reinvented the Vampire
Jim Carrey and Lauren Hutton tired to inject some fun into a genre dominated by AIDS in the '80s
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: The Unknown and Lon Chaney's Armless Lust
Lon Chaney's armless Alonzo shows the limits of love.
Deep Dive
Scream 2 and Hollywood True Crime
The first Stab movie showed us the continuing divide between the real and the fabricated in true crime.
Movie Reviews
Song Sung Blue Review: Treacly Neil Diamond Musical Formulaic in the Worst Ways
A poverty porn heavy script leaves stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson indulging in a lot of overacting.
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Disabled Characters of Color
Does Disney's new remake give him a better story?
The Trade
Jared Leto Ain't a Movie Star, But Is Anyone?
The death of the movie star pipeline
Interview
Mary Bronstein Answers the Question: Is If I Had Legs I'd Kick You a Disabled Story?
"It's 2025...It's time for everybody to stop telling other people's stories," she says.
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: Outer Blindness, Inner Goodness, and Wait Until Dark
The movie that proved there's no being mean to Audrey Hepburn
Movie Reviews
After the Hunt Review: Julia Roberts Tries to Save This Muddy #MeToo Drama
A script about assault allegations that says, "But what if they're crazy?"