
Leigh Monson
Leigh Monson has been a professional film critic and writer for six years, with bylines at Birth.Movies.Death., SlashFilm and Polygon. Attorney by day, cinephile by night and delicious snack by mid-afternoon, Leigh loves queer cinema and deconstructing genre tropes. If you like insights into recent films and love stupid puns, you can follow them on Twitter.
Latest articles by Leigh Monson

‘French Exit’ Review: An absurdist oddity of grief, age, and found community
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'French Exit' is strange, flabby, and hard to pin down, yet strangely rewarding.

‘The Expanse’ 5.04 Review: Gaugamela
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This week's episode of 'The Expanse' turns the solar system on its head.

‘The Expanse’ 5.05 Review: Down and Out
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This week finds Amos and Naomi spotlighted as they attempt their escapes.

‘The Expanse’ 5.06 Review: Tribes
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The search for one's tribe brings up questions of whether such artificial divisions are at all necessary.

‘The Expanse’ 5.07 Review: Oyedeng
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An emotionally harrowing episode builds to an all-timer of a climax.

‘The Expanse’ 5.08 Review: Hard Vacuum
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This week's episode is an intense one.

‘The Expanse’ 5.09 Review: Winnipesaukee
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'The Expanse' takes a crack at 'Walking Dead'-style survivalist moralism.

‘The Expanse’ Season 5 Finale Review: Nemesis Games
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The season finale explores the consequences inherent in holding to your ideals and loyalties, both harmful and rewarding.

‘Sator’ Review: The personal devils we inherit
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'Sator' feels right at home with the bleak familial meditations of 'Relic' and 'The Dark and the Wicked'.

‘4x4’ Review: Class warfare in a full-size SUV
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'4x4' is a paradox, a stationary thrill ride that maintains momentum without leaving the confines of a space that cannot even accommodate standing up.

‘Haymaker’ Review: Not exactly a knockout
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'Haymaker' cares only about an audience of one.

‘Brothers By Blood’ Review: Something went horribly wrong here
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'Brothers By Blood' is an incomprehensible cinematic chore.

‘Supernova’ Review: Grief for those not yet gone
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'Supernova' may not be flashy, but it burns brightly all the same.

‘The Mauritanian’ Review: A prisoner to formula
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Tahar Rahim’s performance is sorely underserved by the production it’s bound to.

‘The White Tiger’ Review: Ferocious, though not exactly a rarity
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Netflix is mostly successful in entering the class-conscious awards-baiting game.

Leigh’s Top 10 movies of 2020
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Look, I didn't mean for this list to have a wolf theme, but here we are.

‘Soul’ Review: The meaning of life exists in the space between notes
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Our Soul review finds Pixar’s latest as a jazz composition that finds purpose in the quiet moments.

‘Sylvie’s Love’ Review: Love blooms in an old-fashioned romance
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The fact that 'Sylvie's Love' sets the heart racing should be recommendation enough.

Let’s speculate wildly about the Hulu ‘Alien’ series
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Is this the awaited sequel to 'Alien: Covenant'?

‘The Expanse’ 5.01-5.03 Review: A crew pulled apart finds a solar system at the brink of war
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If the groundwork laid in the first three episodes tells us anything, big things are awaiting us in the weeks to come.

‘Wander Darkly’ Review: Romancing the dearly departed
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'Wander Darkly' may have attempted to reinvent the wheel, but it didn’t have to succeed to roll along just fine.

‘Happiest Season’ Review: Yeah, you're gonna cry
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A great cast delivers the feel-good holiday movie of the year.

DC FanDome: 'Wonder Woman 1984' panel highlights
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FanDome starts off strong with a great trailer for 'WW84'.
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