“Terrace House”: The Kinder, Gentler Japanese Alternative to Reality TV
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.

A story about a young man who has just returned from performing the hajj. While he is taking a stroll, he encounters a girl who works on her family's strawberry farm. The young man begins to fall in love with the girl. However, will he succeed in winning her heart? The bicycle journey of two friends, Haji Jefri and Haji Fairuz, to see the world has led them to meet a girl named Camelia. Haji Jefri suggests that Camelia join them.
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.
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Two Distant Strangers (2020) centers around Carter James (Joey Bada$$) as he tries to get back home to his pitbull, Jeter, after spending a night at the apartment of his date Perri (Zaria Simone). What gets in the way of Carter reuniting with his dog is that every time he tries to leave Perri’s apartment, he is killed by police and wakes up back in her bed in a never-ending cycle. It addresses the issue of police brutality which rightly has been in the public eye more and more with the unjust deaths caused at the hands of law enforcement.