Aaron and his best friend Raya head on a night out to their regular queer bar that Aaron often DJs at. While there, Aaron meets the man of his dreams, Connor. It's love at first sight for Aaron. Swept away and blinded by his attraction, Aaron ignores all of Connor's red flags, as his romantic attraction transforms into a Hollywood-style dream ballet depicting the spontaneous date night the evening has become. When Connor confronts Aaron with the biggest red flag of all - that he already has a boyfriend - Aaron is forced to face the reality of what his night has been.
As Andrew’s life begins to change, his passion for drumming soon becomes a spiraling obsession in the pursuit of perfection. Through the use of disturbing and abusive training methods, Fletcher puts Andrew through emotional and physical agony.
During the third act, the momentum stalls, largely due to the film’s obsession with Kubrick’s visual design. But all in all, Doctor Sleep is a cinematic success, defined by rich characters and high powered emotion.
'Blonde' commits a relentless assault on the autonomy of Marilyn Monroe, reducing the icon to nothing more than a victim of the director's whims.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
A short film that begins with the language of romance but slowly reveals something far more unsettling beneath the surface.
