literature

  • In My Mother’s Skin Tells a Frightful Filipino Fairy Tale

    In My Mother’s Skin Tells a Frightful Filipino Fairy Tale

    Cheryl Eddy

    The only non-English language film in the Midnight section of this year’s 2023 Sundance Film Festival, In My Mother’s Skin is a gut-wrenching horror story about a girl placed in a desperate situation who makes a choice she quickly regrets. It takes place in the Philippines near the end of World War II, but its…

  • Where Will You Be When the Robot Apocalypse Begins?

    Where Will You Be When the Robot Apocalypse Begins?

    Cheryl Eddy

    It’s a day like any other for Bernie (John Gemberling, whose voice credits include Bob’s Burgers, Big Mouth, and Central Park): toiling at his office job, visiting his stoner besties, mooning over his mega-crush. But as it turns out, this is not any other day: this is the day the robots rebel.