Desai Performance (2005)

In less than 30 minutes, Proudfoot guides the viewer through a narrative that touches on American history, mind-health issues, race, and gender politics

If you identify as part of the queer community, or if you love old school slasher flicks, you will love this movie. 

This 2024 musical film is based on the Broadway show and the 2004 film of the same name with major differences.

The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.

Cassie, a musician, and Luke, a man serving in the Marines, form a false relationship and keep it a secret.

The Bluff unravels its mystery slowly, opening on the capture of a ship captain named Bodden (Ismael Cruz Córdova) and the swift execution of his entire crew. Then, viewers are treated to a tranquil British settlement in the Cayman Islands in the 1850s, where a mother bakes a coconut birthday cake for her son in a house suspiciously rigged with makeshift tripwires and burglar alarms. As it turns out, that mother is Priyanka Chopra’s quick witted and resourceful ex-pirate Mrs. Ercell Bodden, and her husband’s captors are on the way to the island to hunt her down for abandoning them and stealing their loot. The pirates of the Libertas land on the beaches of Cayman Brac, and the scenes that follow show a Viking-esque slaughter of half the island.