"Pike River" Takes Us Into the Tragic True Story
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, also known as Filthydelphia, the Illadelph, and Funkadelphia. Anyway, some 18-year-old babes went out looking for the hot clubs in Philly. They got lost, but serendipitously found some hot meat to cram into their even hotter holes. Going all the way back to the days of Benjamin Franklin and the Continental Congress, Philadelphia was known throughout the colonies as THE destination for bangin'!
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
This side-splitting workplace comedy features a diverse cast and tackles challenging social issues. Other sitcoms should take note.
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.