Snow White, Rewritten in a Minor Key
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.

Harun is a successful and busy surgeon who has no time for his family. One day he meets a desperate woman who wants to commit suicide. He takes her into a house and she becomes pregnant. His wife, who is running out of patience, reveals Harun's poor behavior. Harun then gets angry. He steals his wife's property and runs away with his mistress.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
"Beef" is a new dark comedy with a near entire Asian-American cast
Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of being one of the critics having the opportunity to watch and review several films from writer/director/producer Marcellus Cox, whose efforts are never anything less but grounded, relevant, and steeped in unflinching glimpses illustrating the gripping, inspired, and ever-vacillating realms that make up the human condition.
"Driveways" is a nuanced portrait of an Asian American family, touching on themes of loss, growth, and belonging.