Leningrad, 1983. Slava, Anton, and Denis spend their days at underground rock gigs, tuning in to Western radio waves, trading rare vinyl, and dreaming of a trip to the homeland of their beloved Beatles. Romantic Slava meets a beautiful stranger on a rooftop, but she slips away. Bookish Anton secretly longs for the queen of the city’s hottest parties, while rich kid Denis has a passionate affair, though he doubts it has a future. Their strong friendship begins to crack when Denis’s father decides to marry him off to a professor’s daughter.
In Stowaway, director Joe Penna narrates the story of a starship crew (Anna Kendrick as Zoe Levenson; Toni Collette as Marina Barnett; and Daniel Dae Kim as David Kim) struggling with serious technical problems on a two-year mission to Mars. During the trip, they discover aboard the presence of Michael (Shamier Anderson), a stowaway who jeopardizes everyone’s life on board.
It's not love. It's Obsession. The hook of this movie is the tension between wanting to be loved and the fear of being all-encompassed by that love. It plays on men’s typical (though certainly not universal) inner-conflict
Who said Batman is the only hero to rock the black cape? This article will explore vampires as trans allegories and the femme fatale trope being remastered.
In this remake of the 1993 film of the same name, The Wedding Banquet follows the life of two queer couples as they struggle with life-changing decisions.
The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.
