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Sherilyn Connelly

Sherilyn Connelly is a regular film contributor at Voice Media Group. VMG publications include Denver Westword, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

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Through Animation, Tehran Taboo Dares to Depict the Politics of Sex in Iran

By Sherilyn Connelly
Feb 19, 2018

Soozandeh wastes no time establishing both the hypocrisy of the devout in Iran (or America, or Gilead) and his Short Cuts-ian tapestry of characters
Disney Goes Dada: With Right Now Kapow, XD Learns to Love the Gag

By Sherilyn Connelly
Nov 3, 2016

Right now, Disney XD is probably best known for its increasingly relevant Star Wars Rebels series, as well as for being the only cable channel with an emoticon in its name — at least until the inevitable debut of the Trump :( Channel. Disney XD is also on probation with...
There Is a TV News Show That Makes Sense of This Election: Showtime's The Circus

By Sherilyn Connelly
Sep 13, 2016

The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth airs Sundays on Showtime In filmmaking, an assembly cut is when recent dailies are strung together in rough narrative order to create the first, very raw draft of the movie. Though it by no means lacks polish or editorial intent, Showtime's...
The Tender Anime Only Yesterday Hits U.S. Screens at Last

By Sherilyn Connelly
Feb 24, 2016

Since 2015's When Marnie Was There looks to be its final new film for the foreseeable future, it makes sense that Studio Ghibli would circle back around to its beginnings. Isao Takahata's 1991 Only Yesterday was not Ghibli's first feature, however; it was preceded by Hayao Miyazaki's 1986 Castle in...
Alan Rickman: A Character Actor and Director with the Presence of a Movie Star

By Sherilyn Connelly
Jan 14, 2016

Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69. To Americans of a certain generation, he'll always be Hans Gruber from Die Hard; to those of a slightly fresher vintage, he'll never not be Severus Snape. But it was his ability to transcend the typecasting of those iconic roles that...