Tag: Independent Films
The Truth is I’m Largely Disappointed
Perspective is a tricky thing, from one vantage point, an image or a memory is recalled to be one way while another person looking at the same image or looking back at the same moment, will have an…
Read More »Miss Juneteenth and Dreams Deferred
“Sometimes we women take it on ourselves, don’t we?” Much has been made about the role black American women play within our society over the past four years. “Listen to black women“, “Black women save America from itself”…
Read More »Babyteeth Brings Some Needed Messiness to the Coming of Age Story
“Joy and pain. Are like sunshine and rain. Love can be bitter, love can be sweet. Sometimes devotion and sometimes deceit. The ones that you care for give you so much pain. Oh but it’s alright they’re both…
Read More »Shirley Reinforces the Acting Talents of Its Stars but Struggles to Be Fully Engaging
The fictional tale of Shirley finds renowned writer Shirley Jackson (Elizabeth Moss) in the process of trying her hand at writing a novel when her husband Professor Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg) invites a newlywed young couple Fred and…
Read More »What Doesn’t Kill Us Reminds Us of the Power of Satire
Often times, absurdity best underscores a point. Satire has long played an integral part in helping us to analyze the world around us and make sense of the issues that plague our society. One such film uses America’s…
Read More »The Painter and the Thief Conveys The Power and Plight of the Artist
Art invigorates our lives, often making our vivid imaginations into something tangible and real. Art has the capacity to heal, enlighten, and inspire. For the creators of art, the internal calling to express themselves through their work can…
Read More »Poverty and Family’s Complications Come into View in Take Out Girl
“They say innovation was born of desperation.” “They were poor too, huh?” The struggles of immigrant families are at once well known and oft-overlooked. The pressures that first and second generation Americans feel to help their families overcome…
Read More »Beanie Feldstein and Director Coky Giedroyc Power How to Build a Girl Past Typical Coming of Age Fare
“How do I get there from here?” As Hollywood pushes toward making gains with onscreen diversity, it seems we’ve been inundated with yearly tales of lower to middle class white teenage girls coming of age. Creeping toward market…
Read More »Arkansas Documents the Cyclical Nature of the Drug Trade
“What goes up, must come down.” “How you get them is how you lose them.” These two idioms are some of the most popular phrases that outline the laws of what bind human beings and not only our…
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Relic Explores How Aging Shifts Relationships Between Parent and Child
Relic tells the story of Edna (Robyn Nevin), an elderly and widowed grandmother who goes missing as her mental capacity has began to slowly decline. Her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) rushes to her mother’s home in an attempt…
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