'Brother' Fearlessly Tackles All Aspects of the Immigrant Experience
'Brother' is a gripping family drama with dazzling performances all around.

Public Security officers investigate the robbery of a post office and the injury of a young woman.
'Brother' is a gripping family drama with dazzling performances all around.
“Candyman ain't a 'he.’ Candyman is the whole damn hive." Candyman represents all Black victims of white supremacy, and this art form narratively conveys it in a succinct, adulatory way, the history of which is rare to find.
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.
Movies also have the ability to make the audience think deeper about an issue that plagues society. "Blindspotting" does that without shying away from the intense reality of police brutality and racial discrimination.
This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.