In mainstream America, the end of the year has become the ultimate time for family gatherings, particularly for those who celebrate Christmas. The thought of cozying up in the cold weather with loved ones has caused the holiday season to become a major target for the production of homey feel-good films. Hallmark
When a piece of media makes it big - I’m talking massive followings with fans creating online spaces to discuss theories, begging the author to answer questions on their favorite characters, wondering about potential adaptations hits kind of big - one of the greatest things a production company can gift a fanbase is
Do you remember the mid-2000s when it seemed as though every book in the young adult section featured a different world, a dystopia where our world as we know it is in ruin some time in the distant future? Divergent, The Maze Runner, The City of Ember, etc. the world was eating them up as quickly as authors could
Following the vigil initiated by transgender rights advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith in 1999 in honor of Rita Hester, a trans woman who was killed in 1998, November 20th was deemed Transgender Day of Remembrance. It has become a day to remember all the trans lives that have been taken by hate-fueled violence and advocate
When you hear the term 'noir' in relation to film, what comes to mind? If you have any knowledge of French, it might evoke thoughts of something dark, perhaps a lawless society, pipe-smoking detectives, or even the character Spider Noir from Into the Spider-Verse. The noir genre and its more recent neo-noir offspring