Red Broadwell

Freelance entertainment critic and YouTube script writer.

Current contributor at The Rolling Tape and Awards Watch

Member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association

Recent Works

Ten(ish) Films about Food for the Holiday Season

Well, we did it. We have reached the end of another year, and the holiday season is upon us. The onset of the holiday season signals many things, including delicious, seasonal food. Whether doing a Friendsgiving potluck, a good holiday dinner with your family, volunteering at a food bank, or trying to recreate a cool recipe you found online, the last two months of the year are all about good food and good company. So, in the spirit of the season, I’ve compiled ten films (and a television show) a...

‘Look Back’ Review: The Life-Affirming Tragedy We Need

What is the point of creating art? What is there to do when something you love so much doesn’t love you back? It’s an ever-pressing question, especially now when art is progressively devalued and commodified between generative AI, garbage working conditions for animators, and the churn-and-burn pacing of the anime and manga industries. And yet, despite it all, humans continue to create art because it’s an innately human thing to do. Even in times of tragedy or isolation, people still want to con...

Horror in 2024: The Devil is Inside Me and I Don’t Want It There

The horror genre kicked 2024 off with an anomaly: two films, made by two completely different studios, with similar premises, released mere weeks from each other. Immaculate and The First Omen ushered in horror with a bang of demonic babies, corrupt nunneries, and fears of unwanted parenthood. Then, after much anticipation, Longlegs was released. Beyond its absolutely fantastic marketing campaign was a story of demonic children, false nuns, and fears of parenting.The double-hitter of Immaculate...