Education, the final film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology, explores systemic racism in the British schooling system and the West Indian women who organised to combat it.
Television
Here you will find reviews of television shows. Sometimes, we also interview the TV creatives.
Feel Good is a TV rom-com that skips the honeymoon stage
Mae Martin’s Feel Good is a rom-com about addiction and queer identity that’s more interested in staying together than it is in the honeymoon phase.
Elle and Big Little Lies: Progressive representations of violence against women
Paul Verhoeven’s Elle and Jean-Marc Vallée’s Big Little Lies share the common goal of unmasking the omnipresence of misogyny via its horrific manifestations in violence. In both universes, the best protection from violent men is trusting other women.
Please Like Me gets even better in season 3
Here in the third season, we get the sense that everything’s going to be OK — Josh, Tom, and Alan even repeat this mantra in unison — even if there are more storms to weather. Josh is finally in a loving, stable relationship in which he’s the rock. Tom is slowly figuring out how to grow up, as he plays third wheel to Josh and Arnold. Rose is living independently with her twenty-something friend Hannah, whom she met at the psychiatric facility last season, and their storylines are often independent of Josh. Josh still spends time with both of his parents, but he actually gets support from them rather than merely putting out their fires.
Review: Please Like Me Season 2 is even better and smarter
Please Like Me returns for season 2, and it’s even funnier, smarter, stronger, and more mature.
Review: In the Veronica Mars movie, the gumshoe is back and in fine form
Sparks fly between Jason Dohring and Kristen Bell on the big screen in the Veronica Mars movie.