Aisatou is a racialised actress who has been employed for a voice job at advertising agency Måns & Petter. Everything seems fine to begin with, but Aisatou soon has to choose whether to follow the stereotype or refuse.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.
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An animated reboot based on the book of the same name, with differences from the live-action movie of the same name.
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.
Mirrorball is full of passion and love for the medium of cinema and is indeed a fitting love letter to La La Land.
