The Enduring Beauty of “Persepolis”
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.

This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
Madres takes place in the 70’s following a Hispanic married couple who move to a migrant farming community. Diana, who is pregnant, starts to become suspicious of their new environment after she and the women around her develop strange symptoms. Could it be a curse, a sickness, or something else?
The clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, and she'll do anything to fit in.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
This comedy brings a big surprise to Josh and his family when they move to New York City and struggle to adapt to their new friend.