CULTURE

By Bessy ADUTHorror has been one of my favorite genres growing up, and I remember how happy I was a few years back when Get Out broke through at the O...

By Bessy ADUTThe 2026 Academy Awards celebrated the very best of cinema, honoring films that pushed artistic boundaries and delivered powerful, lastin...

By Bessy ADUTOpening ChordI watched K-Pop Demon Hunters last week. What really impressed me was the idea of fighting evil with music. That idea immedi...

By Bessy ADUTExpectation Versus InstinctThis was the best horror-comedy film I have seen in a while. As someone who regularly writes about film and th...

By Bessy ADUTRating: 4 out of 5IntroductionI was drawn to A Private Life primarily because I have long admired Jodie Foster as both an actress and a s...

By Bessy ADUTSpoiler AlertThis week, I had the opportunity to watch The Secret Agent, a film that had already captured my attention through its remark...

With ´Hamnet´ recognized for its leading performance and ´One Battle After Another´ winning awards in multiple categories, the Globes offered a clear read on Hollywood´s current creative priorities and emerging trends.

In this personal reflection, writer and creator Bessy Adut explores why Stranger Things became more than a nostalgic hit. Blending cultural critique with lived experience, she examines the series´ emotional intelligence, its vision of collective courage, and the values of unity and empathy that continue to resonate beyond the screen.

By Bessy ADUTBessy’s Initial ThoughtsThis was the most powerful film I have seen this year and one that feels destined for major awards recognit...

By Bessy ADUTScreening and Q&A in Los AngelesThis week, I had the opportunity to attend the screening and Q and A of SHTTL at Laemmle Theaters in ...

By Bessy ADUTHaving adored the original Zootopia, with its unforgettable DMV sloth, one of the funniest characters in the film, and incisive humor, I ...

By Bessy ADUTFrankenstein (2025) is one of my favorites in the horror genre, along with Dracula. I have always loved the gothic genre. In fact, w...

By Bessy ADUTIntroduction Good Fortune is one of my favorite movies of 2025. I went to see it after watching the trailer because it featured some of m...

By Bessy ADUTIn One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson delivers a masterful adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland, transforming the 1990 nov...

“Caught Stealing is a bruising mix of ridiculous humor and raw emotion, and Aronofsky somehow finds beauty in the chaos.”

By Bessy ADUT“What happens here, affects us all.” The logline of Antarctica resonates profoundly, and the film delivers on this promise. I...

By Bessy ADUTIt was a very interesting coincidence for me to see this TV Doc Series. I had originally planned to see the Antarctica 3D movie at the Sc...

Bessy Adut explores the monsters of imagination and the courage to fight them...

By Bessy ADUTMy Praises:This was my favorite Superman film since the ones I grew up with as a kid. Christopher Reeve was my first crush, and none of t...

Pixar´s spacebound hero tackles isolation, identity, and the search for belonging...