Poster for I Saw the TV Glow Noni Ford reviews the iconoclastic coming-of-age film and its exploration of gender identity, loneliness, and the attachments we form with media like television. It’s insanely hard to write a review of I Saw the TV Glow that has no spoilers. Then again, maybe it isn’t since there are… Read more »
Entries by Noni Ford
The Iterations of Batman
Tim Burton and Michael Keaton on the set of Batman Noni Ford dances with the devil in the pale moonlight as she reviews the portrayal of Batman and the Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 classic. The year is 1989 and Tim Burton has come out with his version of the caped crusader Batman. This is… Read more »
Narrative Obsession in The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides Noni Ford examines how both the Jeffrey Eugenides novel The Virgin Suicides and Sofia Coppola’s adaptation portray the disconnect between the male narrators and the sisters at the center of the story. “We saw the light in her eyes we have been looking for ever since.”— The narrators, The Virgin Suicides by… Read more »
A Conversation on Programming the AAPI Movement Short Film Festival
Ahead of this month’s AAPI Movement Short Film Festival, Noni Ford speaks with one of the organizers of the event, Katelyn Wo, about how they chose their line-up, the importance and diversity of Asian representation, and more. One of the Creative Collaborations partners running a program this April is the Asian Culture Center. They will… Read more »
Reflections on the Summer of 2017: The Hottest August
Poster for The Hottest August Noni Ford discusses the acclaimed documentary The Hottest August and its unique snapshot of humanity circa New York 2017. Filmed pre-pandemic, Brett Story’s The Hottest August captures brief snatches of conversation in the lives of New Yorkers in the summer of 2017. Through stories, anecdotes, musings, and memories, people reveal… Read more »
Body Horror and Monkeys and Jeff Goldblum, Oh My!: The Fly (1986)
Jeff Goldblum in The Fly Noni Ford digs into her first viewing of The Fly, its practical effects, Jeff Goldblum’s fantastic performance, and questions like, “Just where did Brundle get all of those monkeys?” I had no idea what I was in for when I began watching David Cronenberg’s adaptation of The Fly and I’m… Read more »