POV, the multi-Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary series, presents Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place, directed by Juan Mejía Botero (Death by a Thousand Cuts), which chronicles Francia Márquez’s extraordinary journey from a rural grassroots activist to a history-making presidential campaign in Colombia. The powerful documentary was produced by Juan Mejía Botero, Juan E. Yepes,… Continue reading Movie News: Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place – Now on PBS POV
Day: July 25, 2025
Movie Review: THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS PRESENTS WORLD BUILDING AT ITS BEST IN THE MCU
After multiple attempts to reenvision Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four cinematically, the MCU finally got it right. For some strange reason, every effort to adapt “Marvel’s first family” on the big screen has failed to give comic book fans what they have wanted so badly. Well, the fourth attempt is the charm. Now, I say this… Continue reading Movie Review: THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS PRESENTS WORLD BUILDING AT ITS BEST IN THE MCU
Oh Hi – a scathing and wild satire on dating
I do like dark satire—and when it’s done well, there’s nothing more cathartic. Oh, Hi! isn’t perfect, but it commits hard to its tone, and I appreciate the audacity of that. Writer-director Sophie Brooks clearly has something to say about gender roles, dating clichés, and the way post-breakup narratives get warped—and she says it through… Continue reading Oh Hi – a scathing and wild satire on dating