Sirāt: No Lesson to Learn
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.

Tells the story of a playboy named Malik (Ikmal Amry) who is being pursued by his ex-girlfriend Bella (Elizabeth Tan) because he played her for a fool. Malik is shocked to discover that Bella is actually a pontianak, and he gets help from Suraya (Raysha Rizrose), a pontianak hunter who has her own mission to eliminate evil pontianaks like Bella who is trying to gather new powers.
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.
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.
With mismatched eyes, a willingness to experiment with hair color and style, and a rail thin frame, Bowie always drew attention. But he shunned gendered attractiveness, creating his own space somewhere in between. This hallucinatory and often nonlinear 2022 documentary is a perfect salute to David Bowie’s life and career. Rather than interviewing those that knew Bowie, the standard convention for biographical portraits, director Brett Morgen mostly lets the artist’s images, performances, videos, and words speak to capture the essence of the artist. Bowie was more than just a pop star. He painted, sculpted, acted in films, and was a thoughtful and articulate person who gave sincere answers to even the most shallow interview questions.
Richard speaks with Dia Frampton about some of her experiences with acting and music.