# The Film Maven
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## Posts
- [Promoting a Book on a Budget, How-Tos and Suggestions](https://thefilmmaven.com/how-to-promote-your-book.md) - If "on a budget" means none.
- [6 Best Things I Watched in July](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-july-2026.md) - Last month had me seeing a lot of great things in a theater.
- [How Audrey Hepburn Became a '60s Mod Icon (Ticklish Business Podcast)](https://thefilmmaven.com/audrey-hepburn-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - William Wyler's "How to Steal a Million" tried to redo the heist film.
- [One Night Only Review: Will Gluck's Latest Rom-Com Is a Bit of a Cringe Fest](https://thefilmmaven.com/one-night-only-review-callum-turner.md) - Dubbed "the sex Purge movie" this one certainly struggles with the foreplay.
- [On Movie Moguls and Why Hollywood's A**holes Don't Deserve a Comeback](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-hollywood-reporter-hollywood-assholes-column.md) - There's a reason Joseph Kahn ain't making movies, and it's not for a lack of douchebags
- [Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma Review: Jane Schoenbrun's Trippy Tribute to '80s Horror is a Winner](https://thefilmmaven.com/teenage-sex-death-and-death-at-camp-miasma-review.md) - A wild, thought-provoking ride (complete with Counting Crows).
- [How Nicolas Winding Refn and Crew Crafted a Modern-Day Giallo With Her Private Hell](https://thefilmmaven.com/her-private-hell-nicolas-winding-refn.md) - From the clothes to the hair, everything is impeccable
- [Tony Review: An Off-Beat Quasi-Bourdain Biopic](https://thefilmmaven.com/tony-review-anthony-bourdain.md) - There's little Kitchen Confidential in this weird character study
- [Popcorn Disabilities: The Drama's Disability Politics Are the Cringiest Aspect No One Talked About](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-drama-zendaya-disability.md) - The Zendaya/Robert Pattinson movie uses disability as....something
- [Scenes From The Invite: Production Designer Jade Healy on Crafting Olivia Wilde's World](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-invite-jade-healy.md) - What items from the set went home with her?
- [Hadestown Leaves the Road to Hell For the Big Screen, and Its Crew Couldn't Be More Excited](https://thefilmmaven.com/hadestown-reeve-carney-eva-noblezada.md) - From Patrick Page working after surgery to how the musical works in a time of fascism.
- [Who Really Directed The Third Man? (Ticklish Business Podcast)](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-third-man-orson-welles-ticklish-business.md) - International Month closes out with a tribute to Carol Reed's 1949 noir.
- [Her Private Hell Review: Nicolas Winding Refn's Latest Is Beautifully Batshit in the Best Way](https://thefilmmaven.com/her-private-hell-review-nicolas-winding-refn.md) - Should you expect anything less from NWR?
- [Preston Sturges, RDJ, and the Ultimate Inside Hollywood Movie: America's Sweethearts at 25 [Exclusive]](https://thefilmmaven.com/americas-sweethearts-2001-julia-roberts.md) - Director Joe Roth shares stories of a Hollywood career and translating it to film
- [Female Film Critics Are Disappearing, And Here's the Proof](https://thefilmmaven.com/female-film-critic-numbers.md) - Don't let those Supergirl critic numbers fool ya
- [The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan Meets Homer's Epic With One of His Own](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolan.md) - The muses worked wonders on this one
- [Why We're Finding Love In Sheep Detectives and Voicemails for Isabelle](https://thefilmmaven.com/sheep-detectives-voicemails-for-isabelle-must-watch.md) - Why we should be looking at these movies as proof of what's hot in Hollywood
- [A Beginner's Guide to Who Ruined Entertainment Journalism](https://thefilmmaven.com/entertainment-journalism-bad.md) - Let's look at the long path that brings us to today's press
- [Women on the Verge in Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (Ticklish Business)](https://thefilmmaven.com/picnic-at-hanging-rock-alicia-malone-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - We're entering the strange and gorgeous landscape of Australian classic film.
- [Moana (2026) Review: Second Verse Exactly the Same as the First](https://thefilmmaven.com/moana-2026-review-second-verse-exactly-the-same-as-the-first.md) - The exact same story. The exact same songs. But make it dull.
- [David Wain and Zoey Deutch on Bringing Jobs Back to LA for 'Gail Daughtry'](https://thefilmmaven.com/zoey-deutch-gail-daughtry-interview.md) - We also answer if Deutch has seen her parents Tales From the Crypt aepisode
- [Taylor Swift's Desire to Be the Modern Elizabeth Taylor and the Wedding of the Century](https://thefilmmaven.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding.md) - Will her white diamonds and lovers be forever?
- [7 Best Things I Watched in June](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-june-2026.md) - There were a lot of great contemporary movies out last month.
- [Before There Was Daveigh Chase, There Was Bobby Driscoll](https://thefilmmaven.com/daveigh-chase-disney-child-star.md) - The Disney child star pipeline has always been tragic, and this was the start
- [Minions and Monsters Review: These Little Yellow Dudes Shine in Story of Hollywood's Origins](https://thefilmmaven.com/minions-and-monsters-review.md) - Who knew the Minions have been around since the dawn of Hollywood?
- [Universal Boots Influencers From The Odyssey And What It Means For Critics](https://thefilmmaven.com/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-influencers.md) - Is this a sign influencer dominance is at end end?
- [Cape Fear (1962) Was Ahead of Its Time](https://thefilmmaven.com/cape-fear-1962-ticklish-business.md) - Can Javier Bardem and Patrick Wilson best Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck?
- [Supergirl (2026) Review: Milly Alcock's Cool Confidence Overcomes Dark Tale of Grief](https://thefilmmaven.com/supergirl-2026-review-milly-alcock.md) - Not as good as Superman (2025) but far superior to Supergirl (1984)
- [Alice Winocour Talks Working with Angelina Jolie and Ten Years Since Writing Mustang](https://thefilmmaven.com/alice-winocour-couture-angelina-jolie.md) - The director talks about her latest feature set in the world of high fashion.
- [Disclosure Day Breakout Star Courtney Grace On Journalistic Past and Delivering That Iconic Monologue](https://thefilmmaven.com/courtney-grace-disclosure-day-interview.md) - How Grace's previous journalism work prepped her for Steven Spielberg
- [Supergirl (1984) Is Peak '80s Backlash Cinema, and Dumb as Hell](https://thefilmmaven.com/supergirl-1984-review.md) - I do wish Faye Dunaway and Brenda Vaccaro worked together more!
- [Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Hollywood Refused to Take Seriously](https://thefilmmaven.com/marilyn-monroe-difficult.md) - One hundred years since her birth, this blonde bombshell's was labeled difficult for wanting to be an actor.
- [Toy Story 5 Review: Playtime is Over in This Tired Installment](https://thefilmmaven.com/toy-story-5-review.md) - Tech struggles to gain a toehold in a franchise that's past its sell-by date
- [Film Critics, Embargoes, and Social Sentiments (Oh My!)](https://thefilmmaven.com/film-critic-embargo-problem.md) - Early morning embargoes got critics down bad.
- [The Olsen Twins Were Heroes For a Generation of Girls — New York Minute Was Their Swan Song](https://thefilmmaven.com/olsen-twins-new-york-minute.md) - The Olsens turn 40 and it's worth celebrating their best movie.
- [Professional Marilyn Alisha Soper Shares Her 3 Favorite Marilyn Movies (Ticklish Business)](https://thefilmmaven.com/marilyn-monroe-centennial-ticklish-business.md) - What are your favorite Marilyn movies?
- [Is There Any Way to Fix the Female Filmmaker Numbers?](https://thefilmmaven.com/alliance-women-directors-back-to-set.md) - The Alliance of Women Directors hopes to have the answer.
- [Disclosure Day Review: Steven Spielberg's Alien Drama Struggles to Reach the Stars](https://thefilmmaven.com/disclosure-day-review-steven-spielberg.md) - Thrilling action makes up for a script devoid of character
- [Popcorn Disabilities: We Need to Talk About Doofy](https://thefilmmaven.com/doofy-scary-movie.md) - The disabled fake-out is an interesting trope, which the new Scary Movie completely forgot about.
- [There's Never a Great Time to Be a Woman Director, Now Seems Worse](https://thefilmmaven.com/female-filmmakers-2026.md) - Go watch a movie directed by a woman today!
- [Masters of the Universe Review: A Rollicking '80s-Infused Surprise](https://thefilmmaven.com/masters-of-the-universe-2026-review.md) - It overstays its welcome by a good 20 minutes but no one was more surprised by this than me.
- [7 Best Things I Watched and Read in May](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-may-2026.md) - May was filled with some great pop culture!
- [Is Ishtar Truly the Worst Movie Ever Made? (Ticklish Business)](https://thefilmmaven.com/ishtar-elaine-may-ticklish-business.md) - The movie that ruined Elaine May's directing career is actually....pretty damn good.
- [Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, and What Happens When Good Girls Grow Up](https://thefilmmaven.com/lisa-bonet-bill-cosby.md) - The transition from girl to woman isn't even, especially when you're America's Hollywood teen dream
- [Popcorn Disabilities: Joan Crawford Raises a Blind Teen in The Story of Esther Costello](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-story-of-esther-costello-joan-crawford.md) - The movie Helen Keller's estate threatened to sue for libel
- [Bond, Gen Z, and the Fading Movie Star](https://thefilmmaven.com/james-bond-casting-2026.md) - Or why casting Jacob Elordi isn't gonna make Bond any better
- [When Everything's a Valnet Job...](https://thefilmmaven.com/valnet-jobs.md) - No company is hiring, and those that are ain't the saving grace you're thinking of.
- [The Mandalorian and Grogu Review: Puppets Save This Thrilling (If Aimless) Space Adventure](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-review.md) - Give me Pedro Pascal and Baby Yoda all day, everyday
- [Everyone Is Being So Weird About Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan.md) - From "historical" accuracy to accents, everyone online has an opinion about this Grecian epic.
- [The Truth Behind the Tales From the Crypt Rights Issues](https://thefilmmaven.com/tales-from-the-crypt-rights.md) - Weren't these rights incredibly complicated? Yes and no.
- [A New Leaf Set the Tone for the Rest of Elaine May's Career (Ticklish Business)](https://thefilmmaven.com/elaine-may-carrie-courogen-ticklish-business.md) - Elaine in May kicks off with biographer Carrie Courogen and a look at the maligned director's debut feature.
- [The State of Entertainment Journalism in 2026](https://thefilmmaven.com/state-of-journalism-2026.md) - Yes, it's still very much f***ed and we're all doomed.
- [Obsession Review: Fatal Attraction for the Man With Red Flags](https://thefilmmaven.com/obsession-review-fatal-attraction-for-the-man-with-red-flags.md) - Inde Navrrette is the one saving grace of this highly insufferable monkey's paw rip-off
- [Ted Turner Gave Us Classic Movies, And That's More Important Now Than Ever](https://thefilmmaven.com/ted-turner-obituary.md) - In a landscape where regurgitation is the name of the game, Ted Turner blazed a path all his own.
- [The Met Gala Left Me Mixed On Disabled Inclusion](https://thefilmmaven.com/met-gala-disability.md) - Despite the inclusion of disabled people, it was hard not to feel the tokenization
- [5 Best Things I Watched and Read in April](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-april-2026.md) - April felt exceedingly long and light on movies, but I still have some recommends.
- [The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Couldn't Put a Damper on the TCM Classic Film Festival](https://thefilmmaven.com/paramount-warner-bros-merger-tcm.md) - This year's festival felt like a return to form, even as we all tried to avoid what brewed on the horizon
- [Harold Russell, First Disabled Oscar Winner, and The Best Years of Our Lives (Ticklish Business)](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-years-of-our-lives-1946-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - Author Alison Macor joins me to celebrate the 80th anniversary of this patriotic classic.
- [Devil Wears Prada 2 Review: Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway Try to Save Journalism in Wacky, Unfocused Sequel](https://thefilmmaven.com/devil-wears-prada-2-review-meryl-streep-anne-hathaway.md) - The attempts to string the plot together runs out of steam quick, and no amount of cameos and Lady Gaga performance can save it.
- [Hokum Review: Adam Scott Deals With Grief in a Haunted Hotel You'll Want to Check Into](https://thefilmmaven.com/hokum-review-adam-scott.md) - Director Damien Mc Carthy crafts a film long on atmosphere, though short on background
- [Why MJ Is the Superior Michael Jackson Biopic](https://thefilmmaven.com/michael-jackson-biopic-mj.md) - Everything you didn't like about Michael, you'll find on stage in MJ
- [Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights Hits HBO Max May 1st With a Unique ASL Version You'll Want to See (Exclusive)](https://thefilmmaven.com/emerald-fennell-wuthering-heights-streaming.md) - The Film Maven got exclusive access to the new way the ASL interpretation will be presented on-screen
- [What Can Be Done to Fix the Influencers vs. Journalists Divide? Let's Look at CinemaCon](https://thefilmmaven.com/influencers-critics-cinemacon.md) - Influencers, get journalists to stop yelling at you by doing these things!
- [Director Michael Lehmann Talks Janeane Garofalo, Fighting R Ratings, and The Truth About Cats & Dogs [Exclusive]](https://thefilmmaven.com/janeane-garofalo-truth-about-cats-and-dogs.md) - Screenwriter clashes and a battle with the MPAA all led to to what should be a '90s rom-com staple.
- [Michael Review: Antoine Fuqua Tries to Uncover the Man in the Mirror in Fawning and Formulaic Biopic](https://thefilmmaven.com/michael-jackson-movie-review.md) - Jafar Jackson paints a good imitation of his famous uncle in a movie content to recreate but never delve.
- [Disney Shows Integrating ASL Into Narrative Possible With Songs in Sign Language](https://thefilmmaven.com/disney-songs-in-sign-language.md) - Could a Deaf Disney Princess be far behind?
- [Lee Cronin's The Mummy Review: Director's Latest is Fun, But Reuses Its Best Bits to Death](https://thefilmmaven.com/lee-cronin-the-mummy-review.md) - It consistently reads like key ideas are excavated from a half-written Evil Dead script
- [Would Audrey Hepburn Be Proud of Our World? Her Son Sean Hepburn Ferrer Answers (Ticklish Business)](https://thefilmmaven.com/audrey-hepburn-son-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - Hepburn Ferrer also talks about his new book, the first authorized bio on his mother's life
- [Mother Mary Review: David Lowery's Threadbare Ghost Yarn Is Story-Light & Vibe-Heavy](https://thefilmmaven.com/mother-mary-review-anne-hathaway.md) - Mother Mary works, but it’s more thanks to the caliber of its central performances than the narrative itself.
- [From Catwoman to Mad Woman: How Hollywood Did Sean Young Dirty](https://thefilmmaven.com/sean-young-blade-runner.md) - How Joan Rivers, Tim Burton, and others contributed to the angry to crazy pipeline women deal with.
- [You, Me & Tuscany Review: Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page Cook Up a Charming Rom-Com Throwback](https://thefilmmaven.com/you-me-and-tuscany-review-halle-bailey.md) - If you love '90s rom-coms this is gonna make you feel like you went back to a magical time of possibility
- [Sympathy for the Dane: Hamlet Director Aneil Karia Talks Entering the Bard's World and Breaking Down the Mouse Trap](https://thefilmmaven.com/hamlet-riz-ahmed-interview.md) - Karia breaks down making us feel bad for Shakespeare's fuckboi.
- [The Freak Show Never Ended, It Just Became TLC](https://thefilmmaven.com/tlc-disabled-tv-shows.md) - Back in the 1800s the circus was where you saw the disabled. Now, you can see it by turning on your TV.
- [Don't Expect a Hills Reunion And Other Lessons Learned From Laguna Beach's Liz Gateley](https://thefilmmaven.com/hills-reunion-liz-gateley-laguna-beach.md) - The producer talks reality TV and bringing her high school heroes back for one last bonfire.
- [6 Best Things I Watched and Read in March](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-march-2026.md) - This was a weak month for movies but there were still some worth celebrating.
- [Director William Malone on Forbidden Planet (1956) - Ticklish Business Podcast](https://thefilmmaven.com/forbidden-planet-william-malone-podcast.md) - We're going deep into space with a look at this 1950s sci-fi classic
- [That Sandra Huller Interview Puts Dude-Bro Journalism in the Hot Seat](https://thefilmmaven.com/collider-sandra-huller-interview.md) - The issues aren't new. What is are people's response to it.
- [24 Random Thoughts While Watching Anaconda (1997)](https://thefilmmaven.com/anaconda-1997-jennifer-lopez.md) - Everyone's getting sued at the end of this movie.
- [Ranking Every Best Picture Winner](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-picture-winners-ranked.md) - Where does every Best Picture winner fall over the last 98 years?
- [Linda Fiorentino: Hollywood's Real Life Femme Fatale](https://thefilmmaven.com/linda-fiorentino-difficult.md) - This '90s indie darling is the prototype for "difficult," but is it deserved?
- [Jake Shane Is Why Influencers Need to Stop Being Treated Like Journalists](https://thefilmmaven.com/jake-shane-vanity-fair-oscars.md) - Why are influencers supplanting critics? The growing gulf between the pair is becoming an ocean.
- [Liza Minnelli's 80th Birthday (Ticklish Business With Bruce David Klein)](https://thefilmmaven.com/liza-minnelli-bruce-david-klein-ticklish-business.md) - Liza is 80 years young and has a life we only scratch the surface of.
- [Reminders of Him Director Vanessa Caswill Talks Authentic Representation in Her Colleen Hoover Adaptation](https://thefilmmaven.com/reminders-of-him-colleen-hoover.md) - Caswill also discusses bringing her cast together for her second feature.
- [One Battle's Oscar Win Wasn't Historical But Gave Us a Glimpse of the Future](https://thefilmmaven.com/academy-awards-2026.md) - Mergers and moving to YouTube stood out more than the winners.
- [Final Oscar Predictions (Which I Might Throw Out on the Night)](https://thefilmmaven.com/oscar-predictions-2026-the-film-maven.md) - This post is free but it’s worth it to become a paid member of The Film Maven community! Paid subscribers are the backbone of The Film Maven who support independent journalism, as well as female- and disabled-created content. Paid Film Mavens get access to two-three exclusive articles a week includ…
- [That Harvey Weinstein Interview and Bad Men Clickbait](https://thefilmmaven.com/harvey-weinstein-interview-hollywood-reporter.md) - It was bad, but not unexpected these days.
- [Project Hail Mary Review: Ryan Gosling Is the Starman In a Movie About Community Beyond the Stars](https://thefilmmaven.com/project-hail-mary-review-ryan-gosling.md) - Gosling, practical effects, and puppetry make for a movie that's afraid to get cynical
- [Watching Megalopolis Reminded Me Why Francis Ford Coppola Was Once a Genius (But That's Over Now)](https://thefilmmaven.com/megalopolis-review-francis-ford-coppola.md) - Everything that was once good about him is six feet under the CGI and green screen of this movie.
- [Eight Must-See Films This March](https://thefilmmaven.com/must-see-films-march-2026.md) - We've got you covered on what to add to your watch list this month.
- [9 Best Things I Watched and Read in February](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-february-2026.md) - I didn't have a Valentine, but had a lot of good movies and books!
- [The Bride! Review: This Bonnie and Clyde-Esque Monster Is a Wild Ride](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-bride-review-jessie-buckley.md) - The script suffers from some underdevelopment, but Buckley and Bale are pure magic.
- [Diane Keaton, Baby Boom and '80s Backlash Feminism (Ticklish Business with Kate Hagen)](https://thefilmmaven.com/diane-keaton-baby-boom-1987-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - This movie is so brilliant, and so 1980s
- [Scream 7 Forgot Some Fundamental Elements of the Franchise, and It Needs to Bring Them Back](https://thefilmmaven.com/scream-franchise.md) - Remember when these movies had something to say about the horror industry?
- [Hoppers Review: A Delightfully Off-Beat Tale of Animal Activism](https://thefilmmaven.com/hoppers-review-disney-pixar.md) - Disney and Pixar's latest isn't afraid to be weird.
- [Scream 7 Review: Neve Campbell Returns to a Franchise With No Gas in the Tank](https://thefilmmaven.com/scream-7-review-neve-campbell.md) - I know this won't be the final nail in the coffin, but it should be.
- [Mourning the Lies the Movies Taught Us About Being a Journalist](https://thefilmmaven.com/journalists-in-movies.md) - Journalism just looked better back in the 2000s.
- [Psycho Killer Review: We Need A Better Class of Satanist](https://thefilmmaven.com/psycho-killer-review.md) - A movie that feels as if it was unearthed forty years too late.
- [Ella McCay Is a Movie Out of Time (and a Bad One at That)](https://thefilmmaven.com/ella-mccay-review.md) - James L. Brooks makes a movie that feels at least 30 years too late
- [Faithful or Hateful: Wuthering Heights and a Marketing Conundrum](https://thefilmmaven.com/wuthering-heights-2026-adaptation.md) - People are disappointed the movie isn't like the book but who's fault is that really?
- [Ticklish Business 224: Wuthering Heights (1939 with Frances O'Connor)](https://thefilmmaven.com/wuthering-heights-1939-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - The "Emily" director joins Kristen and Emily on the Moors.
- [Ciaran Hinds and Polly Findlay Talk Amsterdam and Taking a Midwinter Break](https://thefilmmaven.com/midwinter-break-movie-lesley-manville.md) - The pair discuss working with Lesley Manville and the nature of adaptation
- [Lupe Velez: The Burning of the Mexican Spitfire](https://thefilmmaven.com/lupe-velez.md) - Velez's story has a lot of people that wronged her, from bad boyfriends to equally bad press
- [If You Aren't Watching Ponies Its Creators Explain Why Its Worth the Binge](https://thefilmmaven.com/ponies-susanna-fogel.md) - Susanna Fogel and David Iserson lay out how much of the show they've planned and more.
- [Gore Verbinski and Cast Talk the Urgency of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die: 'The World Is Screaming the Answer' [Video]](https://thefilmmaven.com/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die-zazie-beetz.md) - Zazie Beetz and Michael Pena also break down their own antipathy to AI
- [Wuthering Heights (2026) Review: Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie Get Extra With Bronte's Novel](https://thefilmmaven.com/wuthering-heights-review-jacob-elordi-margot-robbie.md) - Emerald Fennell's latest is an maximalist take for a modern audience
- [6 Best Things I Watched and Read in January](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-january-2026.md) - A pretty stellar start to the year
- [Ticklish Business 223: Doctor Dolittle (1967)](https://thefilmmaven.com/doctor-dolittle-1967-podcast.md) - Is this the worst classic film ever made?
- [Pillion Review: Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård Dominate This Tenderhearted Romance](https://thefilmmaven.com/pillion-review-alexander-skarsgard.md) - A dom/sub romance we all need in our lives.
- [Director Penelope Spheeris on Thirty Years of Black Sheep and Little Rascals [Exclusive]](https://thefilmmaven.com/penelope-spheeris-director.md) - The "Wayne's World" director talks being a female filmmaker in a funny man's world
- [Wuthering Heights Might Have Gone Mad With Influencers and People Are Noticing](https://thefilmmaven.com/wuthering-heights-premiere-influencers.md) - This is the first time I've noticed people bringing up how many influencers went to an event
- [Celebrating Indie Film at Sundance's Final Park City Bow](https://thefilmmaven.com/sundance-2026.md) - The end of an era whose significance is felt in every reel of film
- [The Moment Review: Charli XCX's Brat Summer Is Dulled in Shallow Quasi-Spoof](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-moment-review-charli-xcx.md) - It's giving less brat and more bland
- [Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, and Why the 2000s Sucked for Women](https://thefilmmaven.com/katherine-heigl-difficult.md) - Are we ready to admit she was right about "Knocked Up?"
- [Send Help Review: Rachel McAdams Brings a Gory Good Time](https://thefilmmaven.com/send-help-review.md) - Sam Raimi's latest is a great return to form.
- [Someone Let Sofia Coppola Make Things, Dammit](https://thefilmmaven.com/sofia-coppola-custom-of-the-country.md) - From Wharton to Shelley Duvall, the road is littered with unrealized Coppola projects.
- [Ticklish Business 222: New Discoveries of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/ticklish-business-new-discoveries-2025.md) - The movies we fell in love with for the first time last year!
- [So You Wanna Get Into Film Criticism?](https://thefilmmaven.com/how-to-become-a-film-critc.md) - How I got into this gig and why you maybe shouldn't consider it right now
- [Cripping Up, the Oscar Myth, and a Song Sung Blue](https://thefilmmaven.com/kate-hudson-disabled-oscar.md) - Does this mean Kate Hudson's a shoo-in?
- [Are We Returning to a Pre-Internet Time for Entertainment Journalists?](https://thefilmmaven.com/entertainment-journalism-changes.md) - A pre-Internet time may be good in theory, but what does it look like in practice?
- [Grace Randolph Bad, Monkey Good](https://thefilmmaven.com/grace-randolph-primate-review.md) - There's more nuance to be found in the controversial critic not reviewing a movie than you'd think.
- [The Bone Temple Review: Nia DaCosta Doesn't Miss With 28 Years Later Sequel](https://thefilmmaven.com/28-years-later-the-bone-temple-review.md) - One of the first great movies of 2026!
- [The Golden Globes Played It Safe, But Not in the Way You're Thinking](https://thefilmmaven.com/golden-globes-2026.md) - There were certainly no worries in the room where it happened.
- [The 14 Best Movies of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-2025.md) - Which movies were the best of the best?
- [The 13 Worst Movies of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/worst-movies-2025.md) - These movies left us cringing.
- [9 Best Side Characters of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-supporting-characters-2025.md) - Which characters made big impact with little screen time?
- [11 Best Performances of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movie-performances-2025.md) - Which performers dazzled us in 2025 and did yours make the list?
- [4 Best Things I Watched in December (And My Favorite Books of 2025)](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-december-2025.md) - I also share the best books I read in 2025!
- [12 Best Needle Drops of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movie-needle-drops-2025.md) - Which movies gave us songs we couldn't stop singing?
- [A Look Back at 2025 (Good Riddance)](https://thefilmmaven.com/2025-look-back.md) - I'm ready to put this year completely in the past
- [5 Topics I Didn't Cover in 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/entertainment-news-2025.md) - Some entertainment topics I didn't end up covering this year.
- [Ticklish Business 221: Top 5 Christmas Movies](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-classic-christmas-movies-ticklish-business.md) - Did your favorite classic Christmas movie make our nice list?
- [15 Can't Miss Sundance Titles](https://thefilmmaven.com/must-see-movies-sundance-2026.md) - What movies are going to be on everyone's lips in January?
- [Kristen's 18 Favorite New Discoveries of 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-classic-films-2025.md) - The classic and contemporary non-new releases I fell in love with over the year.
- [10 of Rob Reiner's Best Movies and Performances](https://thefilmmaven.com/rob-reiner-best-movies-performances.md) - We share some of our favorite Rob Reiner movies and appearances.
- [Avatar: Fire & Ash Review: James Cameron's Conclusion Struggles Under the Weight of Its Storytelling](https://thefilmmaven.com/avatar-fire-and-ash-review-james-cameron.md) - There's a lot going on over the next three hours.
- [Rob Reiner Taught a Generation What Movie Magic Was](https://thefilmmaven.com/rob-reiner-tribute.md) - I shouldn't be writing this post now, under these circumstances, but I am
- [Ticklish Business 220: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)](https://thefilmmaven.com/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1964-ticklish-business.md) - Does this make Rudolph part of the disabled community?
- [Who Gets TCM When Warner Bros. Gets Sold?](https://thefilmmaven.com/tcm-warner-bros-netflix-merger.md) - Turner Classic Movies is always in the crosshairs, but this feels like the time to panic
- [Stray Thoughts on This Year's Golden Globes Nominations](https://thefilmmaven.com/golden-globe-nominations-2025.md) - They say the Globes are back...
- [Netflix's Acquisition of Warner Bros. Could Be A Win-Win](https://thefilmmaven.com/netflix-warner-bros-acquisition.md) - Is there any good that could come from this merger? We have some thoughts....
- [Ticklish Business 219. Gable & Lombard (1976 with Robert Matzen)](https://thefilmmaven.com/gable-and-lombard-1976-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - We finally tackle one of the most infamous Old Hollywood biopics.
- [11 Great Things I Watched in November](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-november-2025.md) - The great Thanksgiving Oscar catch-up commences
- [Hamnet Review: Chloe Zhao's Shakespearean Drama a Showcase for Jessie Buckley](https://thefilmmaven.com/hamnet-review.md) - Paul Mescal tries to hold his own but this is Buckley's show.
- [Marty Supreme Review: Josh Safdie's Ping Pongs Through a Variety of Emotions](https://thefilmmaven.com/marty-supreme-review-timothee-chalamet.md) - Timothee Chalamet guides this anxiety-inducing drama
- [Ticklish Business 218. Coming Home (1978 with Lawrence Carter-Long) - Films of Resistance Series](https://thefilmmaven.com/coming-home-1978-disability.md) - Our Films of Resistance series closes with a look at disabled activism in 1978.
- [An Excerpt From Popcorn Disabilities](https://thefilmmaven.com/popcorn-disabilities-excerpt-tropic-thunder.md) - Read this exclusive clip from my new book.
- [8 Must-See Movies in December](https://thefilmmaven.com/must-see-movies-december-2025.md) - The movies worth fitting in alongside your Christmas shopping.
- [Josh O'Connor Talks Finding the Pete Postlethwaite Vibes and His New Feature Rebuilding](https://thefilmmaven.com/josh-oconnor-rebuilding-interview.md) - He and director Max Walker-Silverman craft a story that celebrates community
- [Ticklish Business 217. Hair (1979 with Alex Steed) - Films of Resistance Series](https://thefilmmaven.com/hair-1979-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - It's the age of Aquarius!
- [Taylor Sheridan Makes the Green Acres Move to NBC and I Have Thoughts](https://thefilmmaven.com/taylor-sheridan-nbc.md) - Can the "Yellowstone" creator get the class he's looking for?
- [Wicked: For Good Review: Jon Chu's Epic Musical Closes in Grand Fashion](https://thefilmmaven.com/wicked-for-good-review.md) - Cynthia Eriva and Ariana Grande say goodbye with powerhouse performances
- [The Wuthering Heights Bait and Switch](https://thefilmmaven.com/wuthering-heights-trailer.md) - Does WB have any confidence in Emerald Fennell? Signs point to no.
- [Sydney Sweeney Is the Latest Woman We Love to Hate, and It's Complicated](https://thefilmmaven.com/sydney-sweeney.md) - Why hating on the Christy star says so much about our current political worldview, misogyny, and celebrity
- [Ticklish Business 216. Dr. Strangelove (1964 with Jeff Ewing) - Films of Resistance Series](https://thefilmmaven.com/dr-strangelove-1964-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - Our four week Films of Resistance series continues with this Stanley Kubrick satire.
- [The Running Man (2025) Review: Edgar Wright's Political Actioner Can't Go the Distance](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-running-man-2025-review-glen-powell.md) - Glen Powell keeps the pace moving, saving as much of the movie as he can.
- [When Will Publicists Get Hip That Entertainment Journalism is In Trouble?](https://thefilmmaven.com/publicity-influencer-culture-journalism.md) - With culture journalists in freefall, PR needs to adapt or drown
- [10 Must-See Movies of November](https://thefilmmaven.com/november-2025-must-see-movies.md) - Here are the movies to make for in-between Thanksgiving holidays
- [Eternity Review: An Eternally Sweet Romantic Dramedy](https://thefilmmaven.com/eternity-review-elizabeth-olsen.md) - Elizabeth Olsen anchors a fantastic comedic cast
- [Revisiting Hadestown in a Week of Nuclear Fears and Mamdani's Win](https://thefilmmaven.com/hadestown-politics.md) - Who knew a musical about Hell was just what I needed?
- [The 6 Best Things I Watched and Read in October](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-october-2025.md) - It's a small but mighty list of things I loved last month and recommend.
- [Popcorn Disabilities: Reid Davenport's 'Life After' Is Essential](https://thefilmmaven.com/life-after-2025-review.md) - Davenport continues to show his strengths as a filmmaker with this devastating and stirring look at assisted suicide
- [Makeup Maestro Scott Barnes Talks Finding the Perfect Spider Woman Look](https://thefilmmaven.com/jennifer-lopez-scott-barnes.md) - Barnes talks about making Jennifer Lopez look like she's straight out of Old Hollywood
- [Ondi Timoner's All the Walls Came Down: An Ode to a Magical Place Devastated by LA Wildfires](https://thefilmmaven.com/ondi-timoner-interview.md) - The director talks about the healing journey of her latest film.
- ['Once Bitten': How an '80s Sex Comedy Reinvented the Vampire](https://thefilmmaven.com/once-bitten-jim-carrey.md) - Jim Carrey and Lauren Hutton tired to inject some fun into a genre dominated by AIDS in the '80s
- [Popcorn Disabilities: The Unknown and Lon Chaney's Armless Lust](https://thefilmmaven.com/lon-chaney-the-unknown-disabled.md) - Lon Chaney's armless Alonzo shows the limits of love.
- [Scream 2 and Hollywood True Crime](https://thefilmmaven.com/scream-2-stab.md) - The first Stab movie showed us the continuing divide between the real and the fabricated in true crime.
- [Song Sung Blue Review: Treacly Neil Diamond Musical Formulaic in the Worst Ways](https://thefilmmaven.com/song-sung-blue-review.md) - A poverty porn heavy script leaves stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson indulging in a lot of overacting.
- [Popcorn Disabilities: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Disabled Characters of Color](https://thefilmmaven.com/hand-that-rocks-the-cradle-disabled.md) - Does Disney's new remake give him a better story?
- [Monstrous Mothers: Witch Womb is Which?](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-witcher-motherhood-infertility.md) - Mothers in genre fare tend to fall into the same traps, time and again.
- [Jared Leto Ain't a Movie Star, But Is Anyone?](https://thefilmmaven.com/who-are-movie-stars-today.md) - The death of the movie star pipeline
- [TRON's Legacy of Music: Then and Now](https://thefilmmaven.com/tron-soundtrack-trent-reznor.md) - Did Tron Ares deserve the soundtrack it has?
- [Mary Bronstein Answers the Question: Is If I Had Legs I'd Kick You a Disabled Story?](https://thefilmmaven.com/if-i-had-legs-mary-bronstein-interview.md) - "It's 2025...It's time for everybody to stop telling other people's stories," she says.
- [Popcorn Disabilities: Outer Blindness, Inner Goodness, and Wait Until Dark](https://thefilmmaven.com/audrey-hepburn-wait-until-dark.md) - The movie that proved there's no being mean to Audrey Hepburn
- [After the Hunt Review: Julia Roberts Tries to Save This Muddy #MeToo Drama](https://thefilmmaven.com/after-the-hunt-review-julia-roberts.md) - A script about assault allegations that says, "But what if they're crazy?"
- [Black Phone 2 Review: This Horror Sequel Skates on Very Thin Ice](https://thefilmmaven.com/black-phone-2-review.md) - Scott Derrickson's follow-up to his 2021 feature is a "Nightmare" rip-off
- [Bill Condon Talks Spider Women, Fred Astaire, and the Politics of Old Hollywood Musicals](https://thefilmmaven.com/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-bill-condon.md) - "This was really one of the very few unmade musicals that was screaming out to be a movie."
- [Frankenstein Review: Guillermo del Toro's Opulent Adaptation Struggles For Balance Between Creator and Creation](https://thefilmmaven.com/frankenstein-2025-review.md) - Oscar Isaac dominates while Jacob Elordi tries to bring depth to an iconic monster
- [Popcorn Disability: Chucky, Nica, a Cult and a Curse](https://thefilmmaven.com/chucky-movies.md) - Don Mancini rules for giving us a disabled final girl
- [Another Article on Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-life-of-a-showgirl-taylor-swift.md) - You've probably read several, but here's one more!
- [Kiss of the Spider Woman Review: Bill Condon Hits This Political Musical Out of the Park](https://thefilmmaven.com/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-review-jennifer-lopez.md) - Tonatiuh, Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez are superb in this story about the power of movies
- [Influencers Take to the Mic: Let's Not Call Podcasts a New Medium for Film Journalism](https://thefilmmaven.com/influencer-podcast.md) - Podcasts? For celebrities? Groundbreaking.
- [The 11 Best Things I Watched and Read in September](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-september-2025.md) - There was a lot of good stuff I watched last month.
- [Popcorn Disability: Mark in 'Friday the 13th, Part 2'](https://thefilmmaven.com/friday-the-13th-disabled-character.md) - He's not the final girl. He's not killed first. He's just Mark!
- [That Academy Museum Article (and What the Museum Should Do)](https://thefilmmaven.com/academy-museum-problems.md) - Everyone has opinions on whether the Academy Museum sucks or not.
- [16 Must-See Movies of October 2025](https://thefilmmaven.com/must-see-movies-october-2025.md) - What movies should you see this month?
- [Play Dirty Review: Shane Black's Parker Adaptation Is a Muddy Mess](https://thefilmmaven.com/play-dirty-review-shane-black.md) - LaKeith Stanfield steals the show and proves he should have led this cast
- [Roofman Review: Channing Tatum Delivers in Derek Cianfrance's Charming Con Comedy](https://thefilmmaven.com/roofman-review-channing-tatum.md) - Things keep moving in spite of a shallow story and underwritten supporting characters
- ['One Battle After Another': The World of Politics and Pynchon](https://thefilmmaven.com/one-battle-after-another-politics-pynchon.md) - Is One Battle After Another sensationalizing violence?
- [Ticklish Business #212: Amadeus (1984)](https://thefilmmaven.com/ticklish-business-podcast-amadeus-1984.md) - Does Amadeus still have the power to rock us?
- [Kimmel Is Back But Can Disney Come Back From the Damage Done?](https://thefilmmaven.com/jimmy-kimmel-disney-abc-backlash.md) - Kimmel returns to the airwaves but is Hollywood gonna let Disney off so easily?
- [Hedda Review: Tessa Thompson  and Nia DaCosta Make A Bitter Brew Look Good](https://thefilmmaven.com/hedda-review-tessa-thompson-nia-dacosta.md) - This new version of Hedda Gabler is cruel in all the best ways.
- [Robert Redford's Quest for Truth and Learning Lessons From All the President's Men](https://thefilmmaven.com/robert-redford-all-the-presidents-men.md) - It was Redford's 1976 feature that made all of us care about the truth.
- [Him Review: This Football Fear Fest Fumbles the Ball](https://thefilmmaven.com/him-movie-review-jordan-peele.md) - Marlon Wayans gets a chance to shine in a story that's both too inside yet too vague
- [One Battle After Another Review: Leonardo DiCaprio and Ensemble Shine in Rollicking Action Drama](https://thefilmmaven.com/one-battle-after-another-review-leonardo-dicaprio-paul-thomas-anderson.md) - Am I willing to call it the best movie of 2025? Not yet.
- [A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review: Kogonada's Romance Is a Life-Affirming Wonder](https://thefilmmaven.com/a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-review-margot-robbie.md) - Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie astound in a romantic drama that you'll want to live in.
- [Bending the Knee Is Also Invading Culture Criticism](https://thefilmmaven.com/maga-culture-critics.md) - There's still a new for film criticism and entertainment journalism...of a certain persuasion.
- [Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues Review: A Dismal Farewell to Rock's Loudest Band](https://thefilmmaven.com/spinal-tap-2-the-end-continues-review.md) - This continuation of the 1984 classic feels like a first draft cash grab
- [Bugonia Review: Yorgos Lanthimos's Latest Is a Quirky Call to Save Our Planet](https://thefilmmaven.com/bugonia-review-yorgos-lanthimos-emma-stone.md) - Jess Plemons and Emma Stone duke it out in Yorgos Lanthimos's latest on how our world is dying.
- ['Eleanor the Great' Review: June Squibb Grips Your Heart in Scarlett Johansson's Directorial Debut](https://thefilmmaven.com/eleanor-the-great-review-scarlett-johansson-june-squibb.md) - June Squibb continues to delight in a story about the stories we tell in grief.
- [The 'After the Hunt' Interview Gives Us Another Cringey Moment for Journalism](https://thefilmmaven.com/after-the-hunt-ayo-edibiri-journalist.md)
- [Wuthering Heights and the Emerald Fennell Hate Train](https://thefilmmaven.com/wuthering-heights-emerald-fennell-margot-robbie.md) - The first trailer for Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" got people big mad. But about what?
- [The 6 Best Things I Watched and Read in August](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-books-august-2025.md)
- ['The Conjuring: Last Rites' Review: The Warrens Ghost Adventures Fizzle in Finale](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-conjuring-last-rites-review.md) - Ed and Lorraine say goodbye to audiences and hello to a host of new ghosts.
- [The 7 Must-See Movies of September](https://thefilmmaven.com/must-see-movies-september-2025.md) - We aren't quite in fall film territory. But we're getting closer.
- [Ticklish Business #210: Saturday Night Fever (1977, with Margo Donohue)](https://thefilmmaven.com/saturday-night-fever-john-travolta-margo-donohue-podcast.md) - We're hitting the dance floor with John Travolta and this seminal '70s classic
- ['Caught Stealing' Review: Austin Butler Carries Darren Aronofsky's Haphazard Crime Thriller](https://thefilmmaven.com/caught-stealing-review-austin-butler-darren-araonofsky.md) - Aronofsky draws from the likes of Scorsese and the Safdie brothers for a gangster film high on weirdness if short on momentum
- ['The Roses' Review: Jay Roach's Remake Is at War With Itself](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-roses-review-benedict-cumberbatch-olivia-colman.md) - Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch try to strike the right tone in Tony MacNamara's attempt at black comedy
- [Just Where Is Entertainment Journalism Supposed to Pivot To?](https://thefilmmaven.com/journalism-pivot-chicago-tribune-layoffs.md) - With layoffs running rampant and critic jobs disappearing what job arenas are culture journalists supposed to learn next?
- ['Honey Don't' Review: This Coen/Cooke Joint is Better Than the Last, And That Ain't Saying Much](https://thefilmmaven.com/honey-dont-review-margaret-qualley-chris-evans.md) - Margaret Qualley holds together this floundering mystery that doesn't know where to go
- ['Relay' Review: David Mackenzie and Riz Ahmed Team Up for Fantastic Old School Spy Thriller](https://thefilmmaven.com/relay-review-riz-ahmed-lily-james-david-mackenzie.md) - Unspoken, is this also a disability movie? The answer is...maybe?
- [Popcorn Disabilities: 'Fantastic Four' and the Theory of Love is Blind](https://thefilmmaven.com/popcorn-disabilities-fantastic-four-alicia-blind.md) - Alicia Masters and how often movies love women who can't see
- ['Highest 2 Lowest' Review: Spike Lee's Kurosawa Remake Splashy Exploration of Social Media and Celeb Culture](https://thefilmmaven.com/highest-2-lowest-review-spike-lee-denzel-washington.md) - Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky give impassioned performances in a movie that tries too hard
- [Ticklish Business #209: Giant (1956, with Julie Gilbert)](https://thefilmmaven.com/giant-1956-ticklish-business-podcast.md) - We're visiting the frontier with an epic look at George Steven's feature.
- [Culture Journalists Are Reentering Their Blog Era But Is Second Time a Charm?](https://thefilmmaven.com/entertainment-journalism-substack-blog.md) - But much like the blog era will any of this lead to an actual living wage?
- [Director Amy Berg Talks Jeff Buckley's Similarities to Janis Joplin and Almost Getting Jimmy Page](https://thefilmmaven.com/jeff-buckley-documentary-amy-berg-interview.md) - "He's kind of a like a fine wine," Berg says about examining Buckley for her latest film
- ['She Rides Shotgun' Author and Director Discuss Adapting a Dark Fairy Tale For the Screen](https://thefilmmaven.com/she-rides-shotgun-author-director.md) - Director Nick Rowland and Jordan Harper sat down with The Film Maven to deconstruct adaptation and why this movie hits hard today
- ['Weapons' Review: Zach Cregger's Latest Jams Up With an Unfocused Story](https://thefilmmaven.com/weapons-review-zach-cregger.md) - The "Barbarian" director is back with much of the same style over substance
- ['Freakier Friday' Review: A Millennial Retread That Still Shows Off Some Magic in Its Premise](https://thefilmmaven.com/freakier-friday-review-lindsay-lohan.md) - Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis continue to be a phenomenal on-screen team in the Nisha Ganatra-directed sequel
- [The 7 Best Things I Watched in July](https://thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-watched-july-2025.md) - July yielded some good things to watch
- [11 Must-See Movies of August](https://thefilmmaven.com/must-see-movies-august-2025.md) - Trying to help you prioritize what to spend money on this month at the movies
- [Ticklish Business #208: Dangerous When Wet (1953)](https://thefilmmaven.com/esther-williams-dangerous-when-wet-ticklish-business.md) - Esther Williams tries to spice up a movie whose only salacious thing is its title
- ['She Rides Shotgun' Review: A Fantastic Western-Tinged Noir That Demands To Be Seen](https://thefilmmaven.com/she-rides-shotgun-review-taron-egerton.md) - Is this one of my favorite movies of the year? You're damn right it is.
- ['The Naked Gun' (2025) Review: Liam Neeson Commits to the Bit in Reboot That's Better Than It Need to Be](https://thefilmmaven.com/the-naked-gun-2025-review-liam-neeson.md) - Someone make Neeson and Pamela Anderson the new screen team, please!
- ['Together' Review: Dave Franco and Alison Brie Impeccably Hold Together This Frightfully Fraught Romantic Horror Film](https://thefilmmaven.com/together-movie-2025-review-dave-franco-alison-brie.md) - I never thought I'd need an answer to "What if Society was more romantic?"
- [Popcorn Disabilities: 'Me Before You' and What Hollywood Sees as Disabled Romance](https://thefilmmaven.com/me-before-you-movie-popcorn-disabilities.md) - Jojo Moyes still owes me for my time reading AND watching this movie
- [Hollywood Falling Back on Questionable Men Feels like a Basic Instinct](https://thefilmmaven.com/basic-instinct-sequel-joe-eszterhas.md) - With Joe Eszterhas bringing back Catherine Trammell and Victorian morality tales being adapted by Johnny Depp what power is Hollywood rebelling against?
- ['The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Review: A Frothy Adventure Light on Story But Full of Family](https://thefilmmaven.com/fantastic-four-first-steps-review.md) - Vanessa Kirby dominates this return of the comic world's first family
- ['Trafficked' Host Mariana van Zeller On If Journalism Is As Bad as I Think It Is](https://thefilmmaven.com/trafficked-mariana-van-zeller-interview-video.md) - The investigative journalist also discusses the joys of celebrating five years of her critically acclaimed (and fantastic) NatGeo series.
- [Popcorn Disabilities: Marlee Matlin and 'Children of a Lesser God'](https://thefilmmaven.com/marlee-matlin-popcorn-disabilities.md) - Matlin's latest documentary reminds you why she's the highlight of the movie, and why William Hurt sucks
- [The New York Times Lays Off Critics and Shows the New Criteria for Criticism](https://thefilmmaven.com/new-york-times-critic-layoffs.md) - And on the same week the government decides to defund NPR and PBS.
- [Ticklish Business #207: Beach Blanket Bingo (1965 with John Malahy)](https://thefilmmaven.com/beach-blanket-bingo-ticklish-business.md) - The "Summer Movies" author joins us on the beach to talk Frankie and Annette.
- [Dance, Monkey, Dance: The TikTokification of An Arts Career](https://thefilmmaven.com/becoming-an-author-social-media-advice.md) - Is this the new working for exposure?
- [Popcorn Disabilities: 'Coming Home' Showed Us Disabled Life During Wartime](https://thefilmmaven.com/coming-home-popcorn-disabilities-jon-voight.md) - Remember when Jon Voight was actually a great actor?
- [Christopher Reeve Is Superman](https://thefilmmaven.com/christopher-reeve-superman.md) - What is it about Christopher Reeve that made him the perfect Superhero?

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