Grace of Monaco (2015)

A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.

This delightfully odd horror movie presents a whimsically strange alternate reality to younger audiences.

“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”

Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.

It’s a cool looking Marvel character right off the page!  He’s got these glowing eyes and he just kicks ass everywhere he goes, seemingly impervious to pain.  

We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.