When my physical therapist laughs just as hard at another patient’s joke as they have at mine two tables down from me. When I think a character is no longer in a TV show because they aren’t in the episode I’m watching. When I expect a store to be open…

I always had a plan. I had a plan for when my plan didn’t go as planned. When I knew I needed a break, I planned to not have a plan for a certain amount of time or until I got bored. This is the control I had in my…

It is time for white people to unlearn and relearn everything they know about America. — We all know many who deny the details of how Black people have been oppressed and murdered for centuries because they think the facts sound too outrageous and monstrous to be true. That speaks to the racism and the privilege that exists in America. It has been time for each…

Help contribute to closed theaters near you and across the country through new rental streaming platforms. — Distributors and movie theaters have launched virtual cinemas to support local theaters, their employees and filmmakers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ticket buyers can find new releases or classics to rent for a flat fee by searching for a local theater through a distributor platform, or from a local theater’s website.

Fox News and President Donald Trump framed “The Hunt” as controversial before anyone had seen it, unknowingly reflecting the premise of the film. (Some spoilers). — I was scrolling through political pandemic opinions on my Twitter timeline when I saw a friend’s post about a scandal linked to an article with no details that backed up their propaganda-like statement. When I messaged them to ask if they had found any…

Céline Sciamma unmasks the reality of how women live and experience art in a light that has never been seen before. Ever. — I could not let another week pass without writing about “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” I was lucky enough to see the French 18th Century period piece writer and director Céline Sciamma won Best Screenplay for at Cannes last year in a theater followed by a Q&A with Sciamma…

Emphasis on the graphic part. — In the nauseating psychodrama “Swallow,” Hunter (Haley Bennett) is a pregnant housewife who develops a craving for inedible, life-threatening objects as the isolating and controlling environment created by her husband Richie (Austin Stowell) and his parents eat at her. I had two questions as I started watching: How will I…

“I don’t care if you don’t like the taste of strawberry. Eat the cake.” I cut back on drinking in 2019 and the less vodka cranberries I ordered, the more I realized how much people around me cared. I still like to drink a glass of Pinot Grigio at home…