Yara (2021): An Unfocused True Crime Narrative
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.

David-Isaías, a charismatic but decadent hoax artist, becomes obsessed with impressing legendary filmmaker Mr. Welles after a drunken romantic encounter with Miss Hayworth, the director's wife. To this end, he visits Welles' studio with his latest creation: The Gizmo, a mysterious brass tube that promises to photograph thoughts.
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.
“To be universal, you have to get specific”: while the film does not attempt to provoke discussions about queerness or race, those watching closely may find something resonant in Sorrentino’s love letter to the Naples of his youth.
"A Drowning Man" (2017) explores the unseen aspects of the Refugee Crisis. In, 15 far-too-short minutes, viewers are given a detailed snapshot of what it's like for a refugee to drown in the waters of poverty and otherness while trying to navigate a land whose promise has worn off, and only 'strange' remains.
Shortly after season two of Fleabag dropped on Amazon Prime in 2019, Barack Obama put it on his list as one of his favorite television series of the year.