Summary Girls Will Be Girls is an intensely moving coming-of-age drama film set in modern India. While the film is presented as a coming-of-age drama, it navigates much deeper to peel the layers of violence and turbulence of the journey into womanhood, female agency, societal expectations, conflict among generations, and the struggle of growing up. […]
Synopsis We Live in Time is an upcoming romantic drama movie that will be released in 2024, directed by the John Crowley, who also directed Brooklyn and Boy A. No stranger to emotional undertones, We Live in Time plunges patrons into a stunning deep dive of how love intertwines with time, and life in its
The scifi action thriller Incoming, released in 2018 and directed by Eric Zaragoza, features a well-known Scott Adkins along with other veteran actors. The film att (*misplaced comma) features intense hand-to-hand combat while integrating a story arc of terrorism, betrayal, and a blurry boundary between justice and vengeance. Incoming’s fictional retrofitted space station which is
Aurelio Grimaldi’s 2005 Italian erotic drama film, The Sentimental Education of Eugénie, seeks to reconcile the hotle Sadian philosophy of the Marquis de Sade. Adapted from La Philosophie dans le boudoir, the movie deals with themes of sexual exploration, immoral behavior, and distortion of values. With its intimate location and focus on dialogues, the film
Brothers is a deeply moving drama that examines the human mind’s fragility after war, with elements so profoundly disturbing that they seem almost surreal. Jim Sheridan directed this movie in 2009, which is a remake of a Danish film produced in 2004 that bears the same title. The cast portrays incredibly powerful roles that bring
Possession: Kerasukan, an Indonesian terrifying feature film, takes the audience on unbelievable rides of possessing spirits and rituals blended with trauma. This movie is directed by Timo Rahardjo, who incorporates psychological horror and classic Indonesian traditions into a complex story filled with suspense and emotional movements. This film tells deeper tragedy of a ghost story:
The Tearsmith is a deeply moving Italian film that examines the concepts of trauma, love, abandonment, and emotional healing in shocking detail. The film is an adaptation of Erin Doom’s novel which is set to release in 2024. The story follows two fractured individuals and their attempts to intertwine their stories and faces to the
In a genre sometimes packed with remade love stories or extravagant action scenes, Babes (2024) is a uniquely refreshing take on comedy because it addresses the changing contours of friendship and motherhood. Its directorial debut was from Pamela Adlon and features stars Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau. The film paints an exuberant, tender, and candid
Jackpot! is a quirky, hilarious, comedy-thriller that looks at what goes wrong when a windfall incident occurs for an individual least expected to handle it. The combination of peculiar characters, soaring tension, and quick-paced storytelling makes the movie a wild ride through the depths of betrayal, greed, and the chaos that follows fortune. Jackpot! poses
Synopsis: “Romeo and Isabella” is a 2023 romantic crime drama, with a feature directorial debut by John Eagle – Eagle is also the writer and producer of the film. The love story of this movie’s central characters is portrayed under the complexity of self-love, identity, and societal acceptance. Isabella, a trans woman, has had her
