“We Are Pat” (2025): Reclaiming a Controversial 90s Icon
Can a piece of bad representation truly be reclaimed? We Are Pat (2025) attempts to answer this question.

Tei, a former sailor, is desperate for money. He reluctantly teams up with a group of thieves to rob a pawnshop to gain money for his daughter's school tuition, but the thieves betray him and brutally murder him by decapitation. Fortunately, Noom, a young and cunning thief discovers his head; it's still fresh, alive, even talking.
Can a piece of bad representation truly be reclaimed? We Are Pat (2025) attempts to answer this question.
This list was made with the intention of celebrating the craft. I love seeing more women of colour on this list than before and more newcomers on the scene as well!
With so many Disney remakes out and about in the world and loosed upon Hollywood cinema, there is one Disney film that truly needs to be seen and witnessed on the big screen: Princess and the Frog.
I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it.
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.