Bahram Adib, once a celebrated volleyball champion, returns to Iran after many years abroad to see his only son, Saeed. His former wife, Homa, now works as a rehabilitation-specialist at the Red Crescent orthopedic center. On meeting Homa and discovering that Saeed has run away from home following illness and emotional distress, Bahram and Homa embark on a city-wide search for their son. Along this journey, Bahram comes to reassess his life, the meaning of family, love, and homeland.
The Invitation takes a creeping look at two simple premises: reuniting with forgotten friends and new-age spiritualism. Though one seems a bit scarier than the other, the film heightens social awkwardness to a macabre level that puts an uncomfortable look on when the social taboo of grief is put on public display.
Suppressed intergenerational family trauma and healing, warm welcome to the Marvel Cinematic Universe team, and Awkwafina's humor really make this film the real MVP.
Love Hard is a Christmas romcom about two people who fall in love while pretending to date. It’s a romantic and fun watch. If you can forget the catfishing.
This theatrical sequel based on the PAW Patrol series features voice actors of color in this action-packed adventure.
Dead Poets Society relies on patriarchal tropes such as overbearing fathers, contrived brotherhood, and faux-individuality in order to portray its straight white male characters as oppressed.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
