Articles by Sarah Jessica Rintjema

'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...

'Come Play' Fails to Turn a Five-Minute YouTube Short into a Compelling Feature

Directed by Jacob Chase

PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2020

Come Play is not director Jacob Chase's first swing at this story. Larry was released in 2017 — Chase's five-minute short film about the sa...