Couch Cinema: 'Homemade'

by Margot Harrison Posted on July 14, 2020 at 11:52AM

Will you like it? While it’s nice to see your home landscape on screen, the real power of Homemade is that it transports us into other people’s quarantined lives, making a powerful statement against isolation.

Couch Cinema: 'The Vast of Night'

by Margot Harrison Posted on July 7, 2020 at 12:16PM

Will you like it? Do you like classic “The Twilight Zone”?

Filmmaker Alex Escaja Recognized as LGBTQ Youth Influencer

by Chelsea Edgar Posted on July 4, 2020 at 11:02AM

Couch Cinema: 'Curon'

by Margot Harrison Posted on June 29, 2020 at 5:00PM

Will you like it? I’m a sucker for a subgenre of streaming TV that I call “haunted Euroburgs.” Inspired to a greater or lesser extent by “Twin Peaks,” these European-made dramas combine supernatural doings with soapy revelations in highly scenic rural locales.

Couch Cinema: 'Fast Color'

by Margot Harrison Posted on June 22, 2020 at 4:48PM

Will you like it? Cowritten and directed by Julia Hart, and given a meager theatrical release in 2019, Fast Color is a superhero film with the budget and values of an indie.

Couch Cinema: 'Shirley'

by Margot Harrison Posted on June 15, 2020 at 5:00AM

Steamy fan fiction, too, with an indie-movie gloss. The opening scene finds Rose reading “The Lottery” on the train to Bennington.

Couch Cinema: 'Blindspotting'

by Margot Harrison Posted on June 8, 2020 at 6:40PM

Will you like it? Big, bold and stylistically striking, with hot neon accents and occasional hyperreal touches, Blindspotting brings the energy of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to today’s indie scene.

Couch Cinema: 'The Half of It'

by Margot Harrison Posted on June 1, 2020 at 5:25PM

Will you like it? Full disclosure (and a spoiler): I learned about The Half of It from a disgruntled Twitter thread.

Couch Cinema: The Wolf House

by Margot Harrison Posted on May 25, 2020 at 6:46PM

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Couch Cinema: 'Normal People'

by Margot Harrison Posted on May 18, 2020 at 5:00PM

Will you like it? Six hours of TV dedicated to two mercurial young people’s on-again-off-again romance?