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The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.

There’s enough evidence to insinuate that What We Do in the Shadows is intentionally queer-coded.

This anti-love young adult movie includes mature topics and dialogue.

These confines won’t really encourage you to read the film as a metaphor for the nerve-inducing experience we’ve all been through over the last year, however — and in the interest of maintaining your dignity, you probably shouldn’t. While the sociopolitical commentary may have worked for the similarly-themed Buried (2010), in which we find Ryan Reynolds on his own buried alive in the Middle East, but this futuristic take on the premise is best left as a piece of distracting entertainment. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is no less suffocating, literally and dramatically.

Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.

This showcase of Hollywood’s finest talent will certainly be around come awards season, and much deserved