Monster (2023): When the Truth Is Not in the Telling but in the Seeing
Not every silence is empty. Some are filled with things too heavy for words.

Three elderly veterans of a brutal and bloody war spend the rest of their lives in a shelter and do everything they can to push away thoughts of the impending end. To do this, they joke around, play pranks, and eventually decide to escape to become free as birds.
Not every silence is empty. Some are filled with things too heavy for words.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
If you haven’t watched Good Trouble yet, you need to. This Foster’s spinoff, aptly named for civil rights champion and Congressman, John Lewis, follows Mariana and Callie Adams Foster as they begin a new chapter of young adulthood and navigate life, careers, social justice, and love.
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.
Passing is a visually stunning portrayal of Larsen's story with an inclusive cast, and the performances of Thompson and Negga are sensational.