Growing up without a dad, I got a lot of my fatherly advice from the prototypes I saw on the silver screen. It’s these characters and films that gave me a glimpse into a dynamic I had never known but also made me realize that I was missing out. Here are my top 10 paternal films.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Ruben Östlund muses about his characters, “As soon as you get close to a person, you see them as just another human being”. It is widely recognized that aboard the luxury yacht in ‘Triangle of Sadness’, the different groups of people represent a small society as a commentary on classism and gender binaries.
"There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel."
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
Tired of being cooped up in their cages, the critters escape the Australian zoo and try to find their way to the outback.
