Articles by Sarah Jessica Rintjema
'Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell' Lifts Back the Curtain on One of Rap's All-Time Greats
Directed by Emmett Malloy
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2021
The Netflix documentary Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell follows Christopher Wallace — known to the world as the Notorious B.I.G., or Biggie S...
'One Night in Miami' Offers Perfect Portraits of Larger-Than-Life Icons
Directed by Regina King
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2021
On the night of February 25, 1964, Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.)...
'Night Stalker' Is a Fascinating but Uncomfortably Glamorous Dive into Richard Ramirez's Crimes
Directed by James Carroll and Tiller Russell
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2021
It's the summer of 1985, and the city of Los Angeles is being terrorized by the Night Stalker. A serial killer, serial rapist, kidnapper an...
'Kim's Convenience' Has Changed the Canadian TV Game — Next Stop, the World
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2021
TV series Kim's Convenience sprung from the wildly successful 2011 play by Ins Choi, based on the playwright's personal experiences navigat...
Netflix's 'The Prom' Sucks Every Last Drop of Heart from the Hit Broadway Musical
Directed by Ryan Murphy
PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2020
In 2010, Constance McMillen was a senior at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi. After announcing her plans to bring h...
'The Queen's Gambit' Makes Chess Seem Glamorous and Exciting
Directed by Scott Frank
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2020
The Queen's Gambit is the seven-episode limited series currently ruling Netflix, where creators Scott Frank and Allan Scott manage to make...
'The Life Ahead' Is a Heartfelt Comeback for Sophia Loren
Directed by Edoardo Ponti
PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2020
Adapted from the book The Life Before Us by Romain Gary, The Life Ahead is a drama by director Edoardo Ponti, starring his mother Sophia Lo...
Good Kid Bring Listeners Back to a World of Chuck Taylors and Side-Swipe Bands on Second EP
PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2020
Good Kid 2 is quite possibly the most literal title these Toronto pop-punkers could've chosen. The second EP is also the longest in the ban...