Stephanie Chuang’s Top 10 Films of 2020

It’s no secret 2020 has been an absolute mess of a year. In addition to a pandemic, the election, racial inequality, and much more, the movie industry was decimated. Films were delayed, then delayed again, then postponed or released on streaming services. Disappointment after disappointment followed each and every announcement bearing bad news. The movies I largely spent time watching were mostly from streaming services, and I must admit that most of what I watched were not your typical top tier worthy films. Continue reading “Stephanie Chuang’s Top 10 Films of 2020”

Review: ‘Unpregnant’ is the Teen Comedy About Abortion You Weren’t Expecting

For much of film history, characters who chose to get an abortion were treated with tragic endings for their “moral failings.” Saint Frances and Never Rarely Sometimes Always are recent dramas that explore the termination of a pregnancy with a sense of empathy missing from previous films. The modern abortion drama aims to reframe the choice to have an abortion as not a question of morality, but rather the personal. Continue reading “Review: ‘Unpregnant’ is the Teen Comedy About Abortion You Weren’t Expecting”