STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

Chhaya tries to take care of every wish made by Raj, her autistic son. When Raj's wife, Kirti, leaves him because of his tendency to bite, Chhaya tries to convince Manisha to marry Raj. Will Manisha agree?
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
New horror film "Pretty" is good to look at thanks to 19-year-old director Metecan Duren.
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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.
Remember Caroline from Vampire Diaries? Well, now she’s The Suitcase Killer, allegedly.
Lucifer is a show with both comedy and drama, but most importantly, has charm. Well aware it’s following a silly premise, the show does so in a way that’s entertaining. Sure, sometimes it can be cheesy, but fun cheese.