“Michael” and the Tension of Lacking Tension
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.

A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit. Michael is no exception.
Swapped combines comedy, adventure and emotional growth while delivering one of the biggest plot twists in animation history.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
Although Christmas is a time of year for love and cheer for all, holiday cinema has not always represented diverse communities. Being a holiday with Christian origins, much of its media consists of straight white families or straight white romances. Luckily, modern years have been bringing with them plenty of POC and LGBTQ+ representation that the holidays so desperately need.
Bong Joon Ho’s masterpiece, Parasite (2019) became one of the few international films to break into the American mainstream.
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.