Caught Stealing and Caught Wanting More
You'd better buckle up, pack spare underwear, & maybe lay off the drinking for a night, for a gnarly ride in New York!

Shekhar and Birsingh are bosom pals. They come to stay at a small chawl where an angry woman confronts them. But when their hatred turns into love and oneness they form a sister-brother relationship, willing to lay down their lives for each other. On the other side, there are two lovers – Ravi and Rita. Shekhar and Birsingh are also strangely related to Rita.
You'd better buckle up, pack spare underwear, & maybe lay off the drinking for a night, for a gnarly ride in New York!
This film was filled with great plot points. Unfortunately, they all contradicted each other and clashed. Had the premise of Awake been more consistent and accurately portrayed the real world aspect, I think this could have been an extreme success.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Movies also have the ability to make the audience think deeper about an issue that plagues society. "Blindspotting" does that without shying away from the intense reality of police brutality and racial discrimination.
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch