The Enduring Beauty of “Persepolis”
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.

A small, struggling indie film crew travels to Okinawa to shoot what might be their final zombie movie. With no budget, rising tensions, and a chaotic production environment, their low-effort horror flick slowly turns into a real-life disaster. Between the cast, the crew, and the collapsing shoot, nothing goes according to plan — blurring the line between fiction and meltdown.
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.
Ben Affleck leads The Way Back, a seemingly cathartic film for him after the actor’s recent bouts with alcoholism and rehab. He plays Jack, a man fighting his own battles who happens upon coaching a boys’ basketball team, the same team he once played for back in high school.
... La huesera haunts her daily life, leaving people to question her viability as a mother, and Valeria’s lack of satisfaction with her life leave her asking similar questions. These misgivings reach their peak after the baby is born, when Valeria, visibly in a state akin to possession, locks her in the fridge when she won’t stop crying through the night
It’s been five months since Wayward premiered on Netflix and it still has some of us in a choke-hold.
I imagine that it would be a dream job for an actor to play the parts of twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in I Know This Much Is True.