“Vivarium” Presents Go-Nowhere Parenting
Vivarium is an uncomfortable and startling look at how easily progress devolves in the face of overwhelming stress.

In 1956, an African American couple descends into despair after losing their child...sometimes grief can be overwhelming for just us to tackle alone. Starring Natalie Paul and Jocko Sims. Written and directed by Eric Pumphrey.
Vivarium is an uncomfortable and startling look at how easily progress devolves in the face of overwhelming stress.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
A young woman finds herself trapped in a crossfire of awkwardness during a nightmarish dinner party with her boyfriend's dysfunctional family.
An aspect of She-Ra that I find refreshing is even though a large portion of the cast is on the LGBTQ+ Spectrum, being gay is never mentioned. While this might initially sound like a negative thing, in the show’s land of Etheria being on the gay spectrum is shown to be so common and normalized that straight isn’t the default. As much as there is to appreciate about narratives revolving around the obstacles that may come from being non-heteronormative, it’s nice to get immersed in a world where no one bats an eye at all to any sort of differing identity.
A review of the Ryan Polomski documentary featuring the story of Basketball star Raymond Lewis.