Alex, a 33-year-old ex-army veteran struggles with trauma and post-service psychological scars. When a mysterious, dirt-covered box appears at his apartment door containing five unsettling objects—a beer bottle, a Polaroid, a key, a stopped pocket watch, and a missing person poster—Alex is forced to confront fragments of his memory. Each item unravels pieces of a horrific night, revealing loss, guilt, and the dark secrets he’s tried to bury. As he retraces his actions, Alex faces the consequences of that night in an unending cycle, blurring the line between memory, punishment, and purgatory.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
Hustlers was meant to be a film about female empowerment. And it was, to a certain extent. I expected and wanted this to be a kickass and complex film of sexy women who use their confidence, skills, and wits towards a brilliant plan to get revenge on the Wall Street guys who wronged them.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
The Christmas Horror section of films is growing, and today we present a bold selection of new and old Christmas horror films to celebrate this macabre union.
Films and TV series often tend to misrepresent or not acknowledge bisexual characters, but recent trends show that bi-erasure is now under deserved scrutiny. So, I’m genuinely happy about the direction bi-representation seems to be taking.
