Kat Coiro’s Cathartic Cinema Delivers Overdue Reparations by Tyler Hurtado You, Me & Tuscany is the cutest romantic comedy I’ve seen since the early 2000s. I’ve always wanted to picture myself as the quirky lead in those sappy romantic comedies, but alas they were always white women. The movie gives Black women cinematic cathartic…
Millennial Notes Phil Olsen Warms our Hearts Like a Hot Toddy by Tyler Jeffreys “A Nice Family Gathering” makes us want to call our loved ones just to say, “I love you.” Thanks to Kimberly Ridgeway’s clever directing and the cast’s generous acting, we’re in for a cozy night of chuckling and warmth with…
Millennial Notes Christina Anderson Reveals the Fight for Recreation by Tyler Jeffreys Christina Anderson joins the trending Black Joy movement with her world premiere of “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” at Berkeley Rep. We see so much Black oppression porn on TV, we don’t need more oppression stories that cater to…
Millennial Notes Anna Ouyang Moench’s Dramedy Depicts Girls’ Sexual Trauma by Tyler Jeffreys “We want you to admit it!” She stomps her feet. “Admit what?” His snarl transforms into a smirk. I left Shotgun Players yearning for a catharsis that playwright Anna Ouyang Moench refuses to deliver in “Man of God.” Her brilliant comedic…