Memories of Girlhood: Cinephilia Weekends

As an avid film lover‚ but less moviegoer lately, due to the minimization of leisure time‚ I cannot help but acknowledge that it’s a kind of bequest that stems straight from my childhood. My parents themselves were particularly fond of the big...

The Rise of the Heroine: Young Adult Novels on the Big Screen

As someone who is an avid reader, I love when my favorite books are turned into movies. I love seeing the pages play out on the screen, and seeing if the movie matches up to my imagination of the events in the story. Recently, there’s been a rise in...

Witching Season

Stormy weather abounds and Starbucks have started selling their Pumpkin Spice Latte again; it can only be Halloween. It’s a fitting time for American TV network CBS to announce that it intends to reboot one of its most beloved series, Charmed. The...

Film Review: Wadjda

Official Trailer for Wadjda A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to snag tickets to a Saudi Arabian film featuring on the international film festival circuit this year, Wadjda. I tend to find that film festival movies can be hit or miss, but Wadjda turned out to...

Satire or hurtful? Jokes at the Oscars.

Nine year-old Quvenzhané Wallis at the 2013 Oscars, the youngest actress ever to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images...

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