Trin Moody“Body of Lies” — a distinctly American Portrayal of the Middle East.The American Thriller Body of Lies is just that — American. Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner, and the Boston-Based screenwriter…4 min read·Apr 25, 2021----
Trin Moody“Where Do We Go Now?” Is a Tragicomedy TriumphThere’s something about the opening scene to Nadine Labaki’s 2011 film, Where Do We Go Now? that is so haunting. A couple of dozen women…4 min read·Mar 28, 2021----
Trin Moody“Wadjda”: On Women, Bike-Riding, and Growing PainsOn the surface, there’s not much to say about director Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Saudi Arabian drama, Wadjda (2012). Wadjda, an adolescent on…4 min read·Mar 14, 2021----
Trin MoodyThree Cheers and Three Stars for “What Did I Mess?”Set in Lebanon, Shady Hanna’s What Did I Mess is a very relevant romantic comedy about love (ex-love and fake love), family dynamics, and…3 min read·Feb 28, 2021----
Trin Moody“Ghadi”: Tastefully Inspirational or Irrationally Optimistic?Ghadi (2013), directed by Amin Dora, is the story of a father’s strategy to get the people in his small, Lebanon town to accept his only…3 min read·Feb 17, 2021----
Trin Moody“Amreeka” and Post-9/11 Palestinian TruthsCherien Dabis’ ’09 work of dramatic tragedy, Amreeka is tiers above the expectations of a realistic immigration tale of a mother and son…3 min read·Feb 3, 2021----
Trin MoodyinincluvieClassic Horror and Modern Femme Fatale in “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”Director Ana Lily Amirpour meshes the western genre with film noir in A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. She creates an Iranian-based…6 min read·Sep 9, 2020----
Trin MoodyinincluvieIt’s Time to Revisit “Pariah” Almost Ten Years LaterDee Rees’s Pariah (2011) is unfortunately a hidden gem amongst white-centric coming-of-age stories. What is so common in self-discovery…7 min read·Aug 31, 2020----
Trin MoodyinincluvieA Handshake for “Dallas Buyers Club”Jean-Marc Vallée’s 2013 film, Dallas Buyers Club is a work of riveting drama based on historical events. It tells the true story of rodeo…5 min read·Aug 15, 2020----
Trin MoodyinincluvieIf Life Gives You Limes, Make Margaritas: Praise for “Margarita, With a Straw”Kalki Koechlin in Margarita, With a Straw (2014) portrays a queer woman with Cerebral Palsy and her journey in self-discovery while…6 min read·Aug 4, 2020----
