Maple Leaf Intro for June 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, Pixar’s Elio premieres tomorrow and as I mentioned last week in my post about Celine Song and Materialists, this will be the second weekend in a row that a Hollywood film directed by an Asian Canadian woman opens in wide release. Which is historic! Domee Shi co-directed By Lainey • Jun 19, 2025 09:22 am
Maple Leaf Intro for June 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, I just bought my tickets for Materialists, seeing it on Saturday and there are layers to my excitement. First of all, I will always sign up for a summer rom-com and if you’ve been following this site for the last few months, you’re probably aware that By Lainey • Jun 12, 2025 09:32 am
Oscars 2023 One Woman, Still Talking It is amazing to me how many people were thrilled by Sarah Polley’s win last night. And the most disparate people, who to my knowledge would have no particular connection – I mean, not that they need one, any more than I do to, like, Nicole Kidman’s wardrobe, but By Duana • Mar 13, 2023 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Turning Red is a puberty allegory for everyone Domee Shi, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind the Pixar short Bao, makes her feature film debut with Turning Red, a bubbly, fun, heart-warming allegory for puberty in which thirteen-year-old Meilin (Rosalie Chiang) finds herself transformed into a giant red panda whenever she loses control of her emotions, and discovers she is By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 12:49 pm
Sandra Oh So Much Sandra And not complaining. Here’s Sandra Oh in London in a great floral print suit over an orange blouse and oxfords. And that famous hair. It’s wet in London right now and that hair is still holding up. Not even London rain can compromise Sandra Oh’s texture and By Lainey • Feb 21, 2022 10:37 am
Oscars 2019 Intro for February 25. 2019 Dear Gossips, As we usually do, Duana, Kathleen, and I watched the Oscars together and at no point, as we usually do during award shows, did we say to each other… what? We’re only at XYZ category? It’s only been an hour? The Oscars went by quickly and By Lainey • Feb 25, 2019 03:53 am
Domee Shi Intro for June 15, 2018 Dear Gossips, Incredibles 2 will win the box office this weekend, no question. The only question is how big? They’re saying it’s challenging Finding Dory for the best North American open for an animated film. And the reviews won’t hurt, the movie is getting strong reviews so By Lainey • Jun 15, 2018 09:25 am
