vanessa q.On Twee CinemaMy parents aren’t cinephiles. My mom has no idea who Bresson is. I didn’t go to the movies to watch a 35mm screening of M with an…Nov 14, 2018Nov 14, 2018
vanessa q.what the hell is a healthy relationship with social media and where do i get one?!?the fact that i’m willing to spend up to $250 on the light phone 2 says it all. if you haven’t heard about the device, it’s basically a…Aug 23, 20181Aug 23, 20181
vanessa q.TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE EVER LOVED BEFORE (2018) dir. Susan JohnsonI’m going to start off with a bold confession, which is that the last rom-com I remember really loving (and I mean REALLY, REALLY…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
vanessa q.MINDING THE GAP (2018) dir. Bing LiuAs soon as I finished this, I immediately rushed to google to look for Bing Liu’s e-mail, which is something I’ve never done before…Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
vanessa q.yung lean’s return to music, STRANGER, is a dark, beautiful, honest miraclei had my first weed-induced panic attack at a yung lean concert in 2014 at an incredibly tiny (and now nonexistent) venue in miami, which…Nov 12, 2017Nov 12, 2017
vanessa q.A Critical Look at Wong Kar-wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, but Mostly Just the SoundtrackAfter fifteen arduous months, acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar-wai’s emotional masterpiece In The Mood for Love was finally completed. The film…Feb 24, 2017Feb 24, 2017
vanessa q.MOONLIGHT (2016) dir. Barry Jenkins“This film is the reason we go to the movies.” That was TimeOut’s review of Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, a film that sent an unstoppable…Dec 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016
vanessa q.THANK YOU FOR THE MOVIES: An Ode to Modern Queer CinemaHere’s a challenge: find one person who watched the movie Moonlight and can manage to stop themselves at “Yeah, it was good!” It’s…Dec 8, 2016Dec 8, 2016
vanessa q.REVIEW: COSMOS (2015) dir. Andrzej ZulawskiAndrzej Zulawski’s first film in ten years, Cosmos, is a true testament to the age old wisdom of “just go with it,” as linearity and…Aug 22, 2016Aug 22, 2016
vanessa q.KAILI BLUES (2016) Dir. Bi Gan: REVIEWReflective, beautiful, monotonous, and kind of fun, Bi Gan’s directorial debut Kaili Blues manages to fuse genres together to create…Aug 7, 2016Aug 7, 2016