STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

Inspired by Titian's painting of the same name, the film tells the dramatic-grotesque story of two friends. A dazzling ritual of good and evil, and in the end, earthly love may be more heavenly than heavenly love.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
A refreshing twist is that all the kids’ powers are…kind of useless. There’s a kid who can only move in slow motion, a kid who has every power in the world but can only use them randomly, and our main character Missy who has no powers at all. The thesis of the film seems to be that it doesn’t matter what kind of powers you have, its the way you use them, which is good for the warm and fuzzies.
Rip Tide is a coming-of-age film that teaches viewers about finding yourself and reconnecting with surroundings.
It’s the most loving tribute to cinema and to Ingmar Bergman, set in world that feels so habitable that I felt like only re-watching this for eternity, because of how inviting it looks and feels.
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
Turning Red' has received hate for being 'unrelatable' while dealing with one of the most human experiences. Despite the Turning Red controversy that it's unrelatable, it is yet another Pixar classic that will inevitably stand the test of time.