Lola and Jasmine are getting ready for their homecoming dance when catastrophe hits: Jasmine's dress rips. In order to save face and still impress, they turn to Lola's grandmother's spell book. When it doesn’t go quite right, they try another, which ends in failure. But the search for prettiness instead reveals what they truly desire; the sense of belonging found in Lola's room.
Some people’s first introduction to Mira Nair might be as New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mom. But with her insightful direction of 1991’s Mississippi Masala, Nair shows how much she deserves to be known as an artist. Delivering a nuanced portrait of a romance between a Black man and an Indian woman living in the South, Nair explores the complications each character faces, giving both equal weight.
Making Apes begins by looking back at the history of makeup effects in Hollywood, which was revolutionized by Jack Pierce, the person behind Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf Man (1941)
If your upbringing was anything like mine, where the TV acted as an additional parent- there are so many new stories and perspectives to explore.
The director's latest is a dreamlike exploration of a consciousness torn between two homelands, and the implications of history and memory suspended in limbo.
Evan Goldman, a child of divorced parents, is planning a memorable bar mitzvah for his 13th birthday. However, middle school has a few obstacles along the way.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
