“The Willoughbys” Finds Light in the Darkness
A dark film in the tradition The Brother’s Grimm.

Brings to life the diaries of young people who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Through an emotional montage of archival footage, personal photos, and text from the diaries themselves, the film celebrates a group of brave, young writers who refused to quietly disappear.
A dark film in the tradition The Brother’s Grimm.
Based on the novel by Jennifer Mathieu and directed by Amy Poehler takes on intersectional feminism.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
It’s passionately protective of the women mentioned in the story or appearing on screen. Just like the article and the #MeToo movement, the film could help a trapped person find the courage to fight back.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Between its problematic nature, its lack of originality, and the senselessness of its violence, Onslaught cannot be recommended in good faith.