True Spirit (2023): a Story of Surviving the Ocean
A young girl who is determined to sail the ocean within 210 days at sea brings an adventurous story for viewers.

In search of the remaining traces of flâneurs (19th Century wanderers of Paris), an unemployed filmmaker takes his newborn daughter on a series of poetic strolls and crosses the paths of people who help reveal the relevance of the flâneur today.
A young girl who is determined to sail the ocean within 210 days at sea brings an adventurous story for viewers.
Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.
The Delgado family becomes trapped in their house by an unknown force and it takes them years to realize what has happened.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
Despite it being one of the most visually impressive action movies I’ve ever seen, everything else fell short of my expectations.
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.