The everyday grind of Seoul's unnamed artists — musicians, dancers and actors who spend more hours at part-time jobs than at their art. Seon-jae, an unknown musician, holds on to work that nobody is paying him for. Shot in four days in 2014, with a lead cast drawn from an open audition of some 1,200 actors, the film was left unfinished for years after its original footage was lost; recovered later, it was finally completed in 2024.
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman/the most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman,” Director Spivey Jr quotes. The quotes are absolutely true. Misogynoir is a devastating social ill that is not given the weight it is due.
The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.
Who knew a drunken game of truth or dare could launch one of the most chaotic rom-coms of the year? The Threesome takes Connor’s fantasy night with Olivia (Zoey Deutch, in peak queen-of-indie form) and Jenny (Ruby Cruz) and flips it into a deliciously messy nightmare when both women end up pregnant. What follows isn’t cheap comedy—it’s a whip-smart, heartfelt exploration of love, consequence, and the beautiful disasters we call adulthood.
Asha, the main character, is a biracial woman who discovers the power of magic wishing dust.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
Every movement becomes a question of identity. To become who we are meant to be. In order to reach that we often have to shed who we once were, and that shedding can sometimes be so brutal it’s ungraceful.
