"Le Bonheur" and the Feminism of Varda
Effortlessly beautiful and surprisingly tragic.

A woman's life is irrevocably altered when a young murderer stumbles into her home.
Effortlessly beautiful and surprisingly tragic.
Typically in film, characters suffering from mental illness are used as plot devices or exaggerated for comedy. 'The House that Jack Built's representation exceeds in accuracy and realism of OCD.
John Walker is named the new Captain America and The Flagsmashers run amok.
Mala tripped over in a company Diwali party, which led to unexpected visits and realizations.
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.
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.