After the success of 2021’s Maid, Molly Smith Metzler added “showrunner” to her list of talents. Once again, Metlzer brings her decisive wit and biting social commentary to lead a new mini-series Sirens, an adaptation of her first highly-regarded stage play Elemeno Pea, for Netflix. Taking place over a weekend on a luxurious Martha’s Vineyard-esque estate, Sirens follows Devon DeWitt (Meghann Fahey) as she tries to reconnect with her younger sister Simone (Milly Alcock). However, Devon’s finds b...

With his twenty-third feature film, The Shrouds, releasing last week, I find it apt to perform a dissection of sorts on David Cronenberg’s filmography. In all phases of his career, Cronenberg has never shied away from honing in on the gross and the desirable in equal measure, never failing to add in his own personal fears and neuroses about the human condition, or what it means to be human. Even in his non-horror fare, Cronenberg’s films hone in on what it means to be human: the good, the bad, t...

Dementia and Alzheimer’s are often referenced as some of the most challenging conditions on both the person with the condition themselves and their family. Trying to navigate through the often rapid declines, as both the person with dementia and as the caretaker/family, is difficult. Banr, the directorial debut from Erica Xia-Hou, follows a family trying to function through the phases of dementia. As Liu Ximei (Sui Le) struggles with the disorientation and loss of self characterized by dementia,...