Sarah Osman

Film Review: “Bottoms” — A Surreal High School Lesbian Sex Farce

August 25, 2023
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The horndog plot of this wild comedy: two unpopular queer high school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation

Film Review: “Love in Taipei” — A Beautiful Travelogue

August 23, 2023
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The fact is that “Love in Taipei”’s appeal principally lies in Taipei itself: the film doubles as an extended advertisement for the city.

Film Review: “Red, White & Royal Blue” — A Too Magical Romance?

August 14, 2023
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Sanitized as it is, “Red, White & Royal Blue” is a sign of progress — a queer rom-com has finally entered the fairy-tale film canon.

Television Review: “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food” — Chow Down at Your Peril?

August 3, 2023
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All this alarming information about our food is a call to action, but “Poisoned” plays it safe by not offering any pragmatic directives or posing an activist vision.

Film Review: “The Beanie Bubble” — Much Ado About a Sack of Beans

July 24, 2023
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>Like many fads from the ’90s and early aughts, beanie babies are now getting the Hollywood treatment.

Television Review: “The Out-Laws” — Another Goofball Rolling By

July 9, 2023
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The Out-Laws is another mild diversion spat out of Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison factory.

Television Review: “The Horror of Dolores Roach” — The Curse of the Magic Hands

July 7, 2023
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“The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a captivating mixture of horror, suspense, and comedy that proves we haven’t come all that far from the class-fueled injustices of Victorian England.

Television Review: “I’m a Virgo” — Weird, Funny, Radical, and Poignant

June 28, 2023
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Along with its oversized fantasy, I’m a Virgo comments on Black bodies, capitalism, and socioeconomic barriers.

Film Review: “The Stroll” — Illuminating the Lives of Trans Sex Workers in NYC

June 22, 2023
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In this superb documentary about the experience of trans women in Manhattan. It’s beautiful to see how a powerful sisterhood was created and sustained.

Television Review: “Never Have I Ever” — A Groundbreaking TV Comedy

June 9, 2023
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We have the satisfying conclusion to a series that proved episodic dramas can — in fact, should — grow in depth past their first season.

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