British tourist Bethany (Charli xcx) arrives in Warsaw, Poland, with her delightfully boring boyfriend, Rob (Will Madden), who has planned a romantic itinerary, which includes a marriage proposal Bethany is secretly privy to. Rob originally wanted to go to Paris, but Bethany claimed Warsaw, of all places, was more romantic. “In Paris, there are so…
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Overlook Film Festival 2026 Review: The Restoration at Grayson Manor
Bratty piano prodigy Boyd Grayson (Chris Colfer) delights in bringing men back to his opulent family mansion for sex, mainly to taunt his strict, legacy-obsessed mother Jacqueline (Alice Krige) who disapproves of his gay lifestyle. He calls her a “homophobic cunt,” but it’s perhaps more that Jacqueline doesn’t mind his gayness per se, it’s just…
Review: Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
If you’re into vampires as much as I am, you’ll already know the legend of Countess Elizabeth Báthory. If not, Vampires of the Velvet Lounge gets you up to speed with some heavy text exposition: Born in 1560 Hungary, Báthory was a noblewoman whose behaviour became increasingly bizarre following the death of her husband, Count…
Review: Vladimir
Based on the Julia May Jonas book of the same name, Netflix’s Vladimir follows Rachel Weisz’s unnamed protagonist, a creative writing professor whose university chair husband, John (John Slattery), is suspended pending an investigation into his sexual relationships with numerous students. Breaking the fourth wall frequently, the protagonist tells us that she and John have…
8 Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2026
Half his age by Jennette McCurdy 17-year-old Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all is her creative writing teacher, Mr Korgy. He has the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks…
Book Review: Trying by Chloé Caldwell
During the years that Chloé Caldwell had been married and hoping to conceive a child, she’d read everything she could find on infertility — or, in her case, “unexplained” infertility. But no memoir or message board reflected her experience, especially as most stories ended with success: vitro fertilisation or, you know, an actual baby. Writing…
Fantasia 2025: The Wailing (2024)
Pedro Martín-Calero’s The Wailing, which had its Canadian premiere at Fantasia Festival, tells the story of three interconnected women who are all haunted by the same supernatural entity and an eerie wailing. In 2022 Madrid, young student Andrea (Ester Expósito, Venus) spends most of her time at university texting and video calling her boyfriend, Pau…
Book Review: House of Beth by Kerry Cullen
After finding her boss dead in the New York office, Cassie suddenly ghosts her job, breaks up with her girlfriend Lavender, and flees to her hometown in New Jersey. Here, she reconnects with her high school best friend, Eli, who is now a widowed father of two. Their bond reignites and, within a few short…
Ginny and Georgia: Max’s Heartbreaking Storyline
Contains major spoilers for Ginny and Georgia season 3. Netflix’s Ginny and Georgia has explored serious and complex themes since the very beginning, but its latest season is the heaviest yet. Season 2 ended with Marcus (Felix Mallard) breaking up with Ginny (Antonia Gentry) due to his worsening depression, which continues to decline during season…
32 Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2025
At the start of the year, I often take an interest in the books coming out over the next 12 months. I usually end up buying a bunch, reading a selection, and finding myself no longer interested in the rest. But, for now, here are the ones that have caught my attention for one reason…