BETARI came to Cemoro Lawang with mixed feelings when he found out that his biological mother was still alive. He brought his late father's last letter to convey to his mother. There he was caught up in the Kasodo ritual so he had to stay in Bromo until all the Bromo gates were opened. He is trapped and has to try to repair his relationship with his biological mother, whom he has never met in his life, so he has to finish it before he leaves Bromo.
This year, in light of the pandemic and the inability to gather with our loved ones, a few of our staff members reviewed their favorite holiday films with the hope of recreating some of the sentimentality that reminds us of home.
It is the attention to detail that makes Wolfwalkers resonate more than Luca for Queer representation
I highly recommend Kill Bill: Volume 2. In classic Tarantino fashion, specific sections of the film are a tad too long, but overall, it’s a wonderful piece of escapist fiction.
Strangers in a crowd, exchanging glances, looking away, continually managing to run into each other then part ways, end up at the same diner, find they've rented the exact same vehicles, and are then made to travel together to learn once more whether they can both find genuine adoration and companionship again. This really does, in so many words, sum up the foundational gist of of this new feature film from writer Seth Reiss ("The Menu") and director Kogonada ("The Acolyte", "After Yang"). Yet, it's all only the set-up for the REAL wonder of everything that happens before, during, and in the aftermath of a magical, meaningful journey.
"13 Going on 30" tracks the tricky transition from adolescence to adulthood.
