“The 100”: Highlighting Humanity’s Successes and Failures in Overcoming Hateful Rhetoric
The 100 imagines a future where humanity's overcome some of its most pervasive forms of prejudice—only to create new ones.

On December 26, 2004, the day after Christmas, a terrible tsunami hit Southeast Asia, causing major damage. A dozen countries, including Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, are affected. The toll is enormous: more than 200,000 dead, of thirty-seven different nationalities. Julien Bellver retraces one of the worst cataclysms from hundreds of hours of archives
The 100 imagines a future where humanity's overcome some of its most pervasive forms of prejudice—only to create new ones.
Despite its glaring flaws, First Girl I Loved is not entirely undeserving of a watch. For people who can handle the more difficult aspects of the story and graphic scenes, it is worth looking into. It’s not a film worthy of rewatch, but it may still resonate somewhat with those who need a story like this. It is a genuine, if flimsy attempt at a coming-of-age tale. Were the film to be directed by someone with experiences more similar to Anne, it would likely be more powerful--as it is, it feels like a man’s perspective of what it means to come to terms with your identity as a lesbian.
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.
Some people’s first introduction to Mira Nair might be as New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mom. But with her insightful direction of 1991’s Mississippi Masala, Nair shows how much she deserves to be known as an artist. Delivering a nuanced portrait of a romance between a Black man and an Indian woman living in the South, Nair explores the complications each character faces, giving both equal weight.
The sequel to the 2010 live-action movie focuses on sibling rivalry.
If a movie about a strange and crazy day is commercially successful, why not recycle it and double the kookiness quotient? That seems to be the logic behind this followup to Freaky Friday.