2021 was not a perfect year for films by any means, but we got a few great ones. Just like with the worst of the year list, I want to make it clear that I did not see every single film that was released...
Cinematic video game adaptations rarely succeed at being quality entertainment, often proving to be middling at best and utter trainwrecks at worst. Despite this, the folks at Netflix seem to have made...
Kelsey Hatch is almost as sweet as the brownies she sells from her tiny pink trailer in a Burlington commuter parking lot. As I walked up to Hatch’s innovative business, she greeted me with a welcoming...
With the holiday season underway, many brace themselves in preparation for the customary force-feeding of Christmas classics. Films like Miracle on 34th Street, Elf, and A Christmas Story will be shown...
Writer, actress, model, poet, and singer-songwriter behind Piccarda; Birdie Bergeron has done it all. Now, she’s gearing up to finish the fall semester at Champlain College in the Professional Writing...
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch was released on October 22. The film explores the articles in the last issue of an American news magazine. It is a collection of stories strung together.
From a...
If you grew up like me, eating store-bought Thomas bagels and the occasional Dunkin Donuts on a good day, then the Greater Burlington bagel scene will absolutely blow you away. In my two years living in...
“Within these walls on this dance floor there’s no such thing as gay or straight, White or Black, man or woman,” proclaims Craig Mitchell. “We are all one people united by rhythm.”
Whether...
The year is 1997, and upcoming animation director Satoshi Kon has just released his debut film Perfect Blue at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. No one had seen anything like it. Here was a Japanese...
“I am deeply concerned for the well-being of my brother. Our entire family has supported him through his many attempts at rehabilitation for his multiple addictions, but the events of the last days have...
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And once it has passed, I will...
There is an ancient philosophical guideline that countless people have tried to follow throughout human civilization: love thy neighbor. ANEW Place, a Christian nonprofit homeless shelter organization...
