Kristofer Jenson

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Free form

A documentary about the life and work of Frank Zappa is so obvious that it seems like there should already have been...

Sugar coated

Every chapter of American history, every aspect of American culture, and every American industry has been shaped by...

Films to rally around at the 2020 VAFF

Many of us have found safe, socially distant ways to do the things we considered normal before the pandemic, such as...

Worth the struggle

Like the movement it depicts, The Glorias cares so deeply for its subject that it persists through all obstacles and...

Fresh take

About halfway through Get Duked!, there comes a moment when you realize this silly little comedy about a group of...

Returning to class

Kris Rey’s I Used To Go Here examines the many trials and tribulations familiar to any creative person who goes...

Honest to God

For those of us who were teenagers in the 1990s and early 2000s, the “walled garden” of America Online was how many...

Screens

As our country struggles with its foundational mythology, we are faced with the question of how the story would be...

Missed opportunity

This review contains mild spoilers, so if you prefer to avoid them, let your main takeaway be that Irresistible is an...

Spike Lee goes deep into the emotion of conflict in Da 5...

To say that Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is ripped from the headlines is to give those headlines too much credit. Filming...