By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor The story of the 91st Academy Awards so far: a “Best Popular Film” category announced and then scrapped after immediate ridicule; Kevin Hart invited to be the host, only...
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor In the opening scene of Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You,” we meet Cash Green at a job interview for the telemarketing company RegalView. After the interviewer calls him...
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor “I am not the story here,” says Edward Snowden in “Citizenfour,” Laura Poitras’s Oscar-winning documentary covering his exposure of the National Security Agency surveillance programs. For Snowden, all that...
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor Every year, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vote for what they consider to be the best films of the year. This inevitably upsets people,...
By Chris Balboni Reader Film Contributor It’s just after Christmas and I have yet to see The Force Awakens because, despite me being a huge fan of Star Wars since childhood, there are roughly...
By Cameron Rasmusson and Chris Balboni Everyone has their own holiday traditions, and movies and television are no exceptions. For many people, the Christmas season hasn’t truly begun until they’ve watched their favorite cinematic...
By Chris Balboni Reader Staff Oh, September. That awkward month where it’s too late for the massive popcorn flicks of summer but still too early for the obligatory Oscar contenders. Usually, anyways. This month...
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor Firefighters in the western United States have seen a new obstacle this season: drones. Labeled “hobby drones” by officials, the unmanned vehicles that typically carry compact video cameras have...
