A Seattle moviegoing lifestyle magazine
Even though Pride month is just starting, there’s a boatload of fantastic films and shows ready for binging to satisfy even the most prolific watchers and Fire Island is among the best. For a group of five friends, chosen family really, Fire Island (a little plot of land off the coast New York) is their respite; a place to find freedom and uninhibited fun. With any party there’s always drama, and Fire Island in the summer is one massive party all day and all night, so drama aplenty.
Welcome into the world of Bob’s Burgers, a long-running animated series on FOX. It features a ridiculous little family (the Belchers) who fights tooth and nail to keep their shabby chic burger joint open despite constant setbacks and weird twists and turns (they get far more than their fair share).
A young boy Rolf (Julius Weckauf) and his father Ludwig (Volker Bruch), a journalist who spoke out against Hitler, are racing toward the Spanish border via France attempting to escape the grasp of German soldiers and make it to America where Rolf’s mother waits for them.
A new school counselor Anamarija (Marina Redzepovic) is learning to navigate the egos and red tape of high school. Having never been staff at an institution before, she is realizing that there’s a lot more to her job than just trying to help kids.
A lighter look at midlife crisis and how we define ourselves through the relationships we have. Emilia (Christiane Paul) a once well-received actress now stay at home mom is throwing a critical eye on her life and the once perfect relationship with her husband Paul (Christoph Maria Herbst).
A dark comedy with plenty of moments to chuckle at, Everybody Hates Johan follows the life of a man, Johan Grande, born in the small town of Titran Norway. This small town had the misfortune of being close to the frontlines of World War II, but lucky for Titran the Grandes had a knack for blowing up bridges… but they also had a knack for rubbing every other townsperson the wrong way.
Mourning the loss of her husband several years earlier, romance writer Loretta (Sandra Bullock) has lost all sense of inspiration or willingness to create another steamy novel for her fans despite a deadline quickly approaching. Tossing a terrible ending on one final book, she goes on a book tour to satisfy her manager, but forced to share the stage with the overly dramatic and cheeseball model Alan (Channing Tatum) who graces the cover of all her previous works. In love with the limelight and playing the character he embodies, he just wants to enjoy their time on the road…
Omoiyari is a Japanese word that means to have sympathy and compassion towards another person. This is not only the title of Japanese-American musician Kaoru Ishibashi’s (known professionally as Kishi Bashi) film, but the very soul and purpose of it. We travel with Ishibashi around the United States as he embarks on a path of discovery both of his roots and the two worlds he’s torn between: culture and country. Those two aspects are not in opposition, but his entire life he’s kept them separate and at times hidden; now he’s finding a way to bring them together.
Destroyed as a child through the violent fits, paranoia and hallucinations of a mother unable to care of herself or her family Will does everything in his power to forget and move forward with a normal life. He’s managed to find a loving partner, a decent career (even if he is bullied by an overprivileged white woman with no talent other than berating her employees) and a calm happy life. Things start to go sideways when his mother makes contact, first through odd boxes of cult-related reading materials followed by unwelcome and traumatizing visits. Soon his life is thrown into chaos and we start to wonder if it’s his mind playing tricks on him or has the world gone completely mad?
Three kids on the fringe of adulthood from North London at the turn of the millenium have their sights set on fame and fortune. Ready to kick off the new century and rest of their lives with a crazy New Years Eve together, they’ll do anything to get tickets to the best party in town. As aspiring djs with a pirate radio station at their fingertips and a growing fanbase (or at least they hope) this party is their ticket to making it out of their hometown and into the limelight, but their friend and manager drops a bomb on them that threatens the future they’ve planned.
