'Life & Beth' and 'Sort Of' - Two New Series Bravely Lose The Labels
J Brooke, Incluvie Guest Columnist on 'Life and Beth' and 'Sort of': while living one’s truth is freedom, speaking it as a mandatory assignment can become captivity.

Lily and her son, Barak, are dyeing their hair purple together in the bathroom, hoping to create a joyful memory. As Lily, whose time is limited due to illness, tries to broach the subject of what lies ahead, her attempts spark a heated argument. The purple dye splashes across the room, leaving stains that color their relationship in new, unexpected ways as they stand on the brink of an inevitable farewell.
J Brooke, Incluvie Guest Columnist on 'Life and Beth' and 'Sort of': while living one’s truth is freedom, speaking it as a mandatory assignment can become captivity.
The original series is now on Netflix, you should definitely give it a watch. And if you’ve already seen it, watch it again.
"Up" features one of Pixar's few Asian-American heroes and explores the institutionalized hardships elderly people face. Also, Dug is a good boy.
This little Netflix film was very inspirational. It passes the Bechdel test, and features a different worldview with rural Indian representation.
With The Father, writer-director Florian Zeller- who wrote and developed the play upon which the film is based- pulls no punches as he confidently makes every effort to put the audience in the mind of someone whose grip on reality has all but vanished. It’s a dazzling testament to Zeller’s abilities as a director as he makes his first transition from stage to film appear as if he’s been working behind a camera his entire career. The dialogue he fashions with co-writer Christopher Hampton, along with the work of production designers Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone, collectively makes the downward spiral of dementia startlingly tangible, doing so in a way that can be comprehended by everyone except the person it directly affects.
A review of the Ryan Polomski documentary featuring the story of Basketball star Raymond Lewis.