STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

A girl's baking lesson from her grandfather teaches her acceptance as she learns the similarities between ingredients and people.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is a fan-favorite, as are some of the more science fiction angled movies like 28 Days Later or World War Z. I recently watched the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson-directed movie, Outbreak for the first time, which is currently available on Netflix.
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse has everything a movie director from the 80’s could wish.
'The Mad Woman and the Feminist': This Spanish entry for the MiamisFF directed by Sandra Gallego handles a difficult conversation in a smart, memorable way.
Happy Halloween! If you were debating capping off Spooky Season with a viewing of Hocus Pocus 2, it is just very clear that this is more for the younger audience as opposed to people who grew up with the original.