STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

The film follows six girls from three Asian countries who were saved by a notorious drug and human trafficking kingpin, Hắc Vô Đạo (played by Korean actor Mr. Kim), when they were children. As they grow up, the six women unite to fight against evil and protect innocent children.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
Few movies deal with aging (particularly aging women) with as much compassion as Relic does. Yet it’s not sickly sweet and not a soapbox rant against ageism. Relic simply is, allowing the horror to seep in quietly and carefully.
Spirited inverts the tropes of the holiday musical genre to update an age-old tale for 2022. It's a paean to those who make grand spectacles possible.
Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.
A Black woman centered in a box office rom-com with a happy ending and no struggle love.