
Jilted. That's how Lilly Anderson, a tightly wound wedding planner, ends up after her carefully planned "happily ever after" dissolves at the altar. Turning disappointment into fuel for a journey in search of her birth mother, Lilly hits the road with her support staff in tow: her former childhood best friend, her blogging maid of honor, and her estranged Topanga Canyon dwelling sister. While the adventurous four may have a clear destination in mind, it is through the unexpected turns in the road, and the evolution of these relationships from her past, that help Lilly discover what it is she's actually looking for.
This is a list of seven films that explore police brutality and systemic racism made by Black filmmakers. These are important movies to watch and to take in, as — through the power of cinema — they showcase what it feels like to be a Black person living in a country that is internally designed to be against you.
Being made after the death of Chadwick Boseman will be a hard but exciting ride for this Marvel entry.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
I Love You Forever, marketed as a “subversive” romantic comedy is in fact a painful horror film about a young woman deep in the throes of an abusive relationship.