Tag: Independent Films
Midsommar Features the Breakup From Hell Amidst a Battle between Grief and Vulnerability
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “Do you feel held by him? Does he feel like home to you?” The words above are spoken to a young woman in crisis. A crisis of being newly orphaned and a crisis of…
Read More »Fast Color Examines the Superpower, and Kryptonite, Inherent in Black Motherhood
************************This review contains mild spoilers**************************** “Give this to your mother.” “She came back?” “For you.” From the moment skin-to-skin contact is first established between mother and child, every matriarch hopes to do the best she can to shield…
Read More »The Souvenir Tracks the Lifespan of a Toxic Relationship
Finding love can be one of the most arduous processes we embark on in our lifetimes. Trying to find the right person with which we click is a trial and error process that unfortunately can have dire consequences…
Read More »Climax is a Visually Stunning Assault on the Senses
Climax is the story of a French dance troupe preparing for a tour of the United States, a dream come true for the aspiring performers. The troupe is rehearsing in an empty school with a small celebration planned…
Read More »Repetition Just Makes You Booksmart
Greater diversity in film has been an issue that has only gained momentum over the past few years and Booksmart is the latest battlefront playing in cinemas throughout the country. The film is the coming of age tale…
Read More »Teen Spirit Explores the Ability of Music to Foster Human Relationships
Music is one of the most unifying forces in the world. It is how an island in the Pacific full of non-English speakers have built one of the richest hip-hop cultures on the planet, despite never having visited…
Read More »Under The Silver Lake is a Paranoid Love Letter to Los Angeles and Film Noir
“We crave mystery because there’s none left.” The millennial generation is infamously underpaid, overworked, and lagging behind where their parents were at the same age in terms of life accomplishments and experiences. These conditions provide a recipe ripe…
Read More »High Life is an Examination of the Psychological Effects of Guilt Couched in Sci-Fi
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Guilt is one of the more devastating emotions that humans can feel, one that can linger and fester over long periods of time and affect every level of our well-being and existence. As any…
Read More »Hotel Mumbai Explores Heroism, Courage, and Terror in a Powerful Yet Nuanced Thriller
Courageousness is a trait that all of us hope to house within ourselves, something that we all profess to utilize when situations arise that call for it. The reality is however, that none of us can truly know…
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Gentrification and Instability Lead to The Last Black Man in San Francisco
As the famous idiom says, home is where the heart is. But when one never really has a stable home, a place where they and their love ones can congregate and enjoy tranquility and all that life has…
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