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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 7 cast in silver and white gowns against an icy blue set.
Tea Room • RHOSLC

RHOSLC Season 7 Episodes 1–5: Grief Opened the Door, Then Chaos Walked Back In

Mona recaps RHOSLC Season 7 Episodes 1 through 5, from Mary Cosby’s devastating grief to fractured marriages, exposed secrets and a chaotic diss track.

Marco rests on a boat beside the lagoon as he returns home.
AFI FEST 2026 • Short Film Competition • Live Action 2

MUTRION

Mona’s 3.5-cup review of Marco Cavazzin’s 20-minute Italian short MUTRION, an atmospheric story of return, friendship and the Venetian lagoon.

Three cast members from The Real Housewives of Potomac sit together during Season 11 Episode 2.
Tea Room • Potomac

RHOP ‘Sofia Home!’: Tia Should Not Have to Ask, and Karen Came Home in Gold

Mona recaps RHOP Season 11 Episode 2, from Karen Huger’s confusing Sofia Home celebration to Tia Glover having to ask her husband to delete his dating profile.

Rilla and Nick share a quiet moment in a film still from From Sidney, With Love.
Woodstock Film Festival Screening Room • Short Film Review

FROM SIDNEY, WITH LOVE

Mona’s 4.5-cup review of East Elliott’s 18-minute short From Sidney, With Love, a warm story about a girl’s search for Sidney Poitier and the brother who comes looking for her.

Shylo Molina in a scene from ON THE LINE.
Woodstock Film Festival Screening Room • Feature Film Review

ON THE LINE

Mona’s five-cup review of John Murlowski’s On the Line, a compassionate Woodstock Film Festival feature whose performances and difficult questions stayed with her.

The ensemble cast of Blow the Horn together in an official film still.
Woodstock Film Festival Screening Room • Feature Film Review

BLOW THE HORN

Mona’s five-cup review of Nacho Arenas’s Blow the Horn, a tense ensemble drama about relationship secrets and an unusual group-therapy session.