Directed by Jang Jae-hyun, Exhuma follows shamans, Hwa-rim (played by Kim Go-eun) and Bong-gil (played by Lim Dong-hyun), who have been called to the Parks, a Korean American family in LA experiencing unrest among their firstborns. Through...
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Hey Viktor!: The Stories We Leave Behind
This mockumentary follows former child actor, Cody Lightning who, 25 years after his big screen debut in Smoke Signals, tries for a comeback with his self-written, self-produced sequel, Smoke Signals 2. His journey to getting the film made is a weird and wacky one...
Love Lies Bleeding: Fighting for What Matters
In 1980s New Mexico, gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) meets and falls for body builder Jackie (Katy O’Brian). When their new relationship is integrated with Lou’s family, especially brother-in-law, JJ (Dave France) and father, Lou Sr (Ed Harris), they find themselves...
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: Full Body Therapy
In Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, director Anna Hints dives deep into our need for connection. A group of women in Estonia, within the protective walls of a smoke sauna, share their most vulnerable experiences and support each other in doing so. This experience, for me,...
Origin: A Mosaic of Moments
Origin, written and directed by Ava DuVernay, is based on the book Caste: The Origin of our Discontents, and on the life of its author, Isabel Wilkerson. After the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Isabel Wilkerson, is prompted by a...
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce – Freedom, Flaws and All
Beyoncé has been releasing music literally for as long as I’ve been alive. Some of my earliest music related memories involve pretending to be Destiny’s Child (3) and singing along to ‘Survivor’ with my 2 sisters. When B’Day dropped, we played it top to...
The Boy and the Heron: Pushing through Time
The Boy and the Heron is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. At the beginning of the film, Mahito loses his Mum in a drastic fire. A year after this, he and his father move from Tokyo to the countryside to live with...
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Hungry for Power
Prequel to The Hunger Games series, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is written by Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence, and is based on the novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. It follows...
Rustin:
Rustin, directed by George C. Wolfe, and written by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, is a biographical film about civil rights activist, Bayard Rustin, and his role in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. At the beginning of...