A young girl tells us through a story, her love story, and how past traumas and wounds can still hurt. We navigate through a fantasy world in which imagination protects us from a much harsher reality. A metaphor that gives us a glimpse of a much harsher reality.
Love, Simon (2018) based on the book “Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda” (by Becky Albertalli) is a teen LGBTQ+ rom-com with themes of longing to find others with similar struggles, and ultimately is a story of acceptance of identity from those around you, and most importantly, from yourself.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
"The Mitchells vs. The Machines" captures the eternal struggle between kids who want to pursue the arts and their practical parents who think they'll fail.
This year, in light of the pandemic and the inability to gather with our loved ones, a few of our staff members reviewed their favorite holiday films with the hope of recreating some of the sentimentality that reminds us of home.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the most human movie of the year. It is based on the 2010 short of the same name that follows a big-hearted, little shell named Marcel as he navigates through life in a human-sized world.
The second season arrives over three years after its first. While late on arrival, most audience members will be happy.
