牛川とこ : For LOVE×4 

We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.

With the theme of unemployment, it presents a family fantasy anecdote rather the a comment on social problems.

A24 keeps producing amazing films and X belongs with all the brilliant titles under its name. And is definitely a must-watch for a film enthusiast!

The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.

One Christmas Eve, after a sudden snowstorm, a group of teenagers will discover how their lives will change forever.

What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.