Happy Autumn: A Revisiting of "500 Days of Summer"
The people we don't end up with... a slightly different look at "500 Days of Summer" now that it's over.
Art Matters: Why "Sing Sing" (2024) Feels So Real.
The Dispatch — Daily
20.10"The Soulless" Finds the Dread Inside Childhood Wonder
20.10"Bravado" Blurs the Line Between the Writer and the Script
20.10"Still Loading" Turns Grief Into a Boss Level
20.10"Certain Thomas" Turns Conformity Into a Dataist Thriller
20.10"Albert" Conjures the Folk Horror of 17th-Century Guernsey
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The Index
This week
"DOMDAD" Turns Online Desire Into a Waking Nightmare
"The Current" Turns Inherited Violence Into a Horror Story
"Come In" Turns a Neighbor's Invitation Into a Bloody Test of Nerve
"The Witchening" Drags a Bedtime Story Into the Dark
"The Smother" Turns Friendship Into a Horror Story
"Lightning Scar" Builds a Fantasy World Out of Foam, Paper, and Sweat
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Interviews
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Editors’ Picks
Queer Representation On Screen
Two of the best films featuring queer characters this year.
Time Crunch: What I Learned From Participating in Two Timed Film Challenges
A race against the clock to see who can make the best movie.
How To Land a Needle Drop
Music can elevate a sad moment to a devastating one. It can perfectly illustrate the turmoil inside a character's head. It can give a fight scene the certain zing it needs to stand out.
TRC Shorts Fest
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"MotherWound" Turns Generational Trauma Into a Creature You Can't Look Away From
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Hana Holloway's "MotherWound" gives inherited pain a body and a hunger, following a young woman who tries everything before naming the thing following her.
"Head Case" Finds the Surreal Inside a Family Dinner
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Georgia Sampson's "Head Case" turns a single room and one uncomfortable meal into an existential reckoning, asking what it means to be cared for by people whose concern arrives sideways.
"Coconut Girl" Turns Childhood Shame Into Belonging
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Ayesha Agarwal's "Coconut Girl" follows a young daughter of Indian immigrants through the sting of being different, tracing how the very thing that marks a child as an outsider can one day become a source of pride.
"You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" Finds Tenderness in the Awkward Age
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Lilly Lion's "You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" turns a first-hookup plan into a study of a shifting teenage friendship, tracing the pressures two girls face to take the next step.
