Mensa Lord of the Rave (2014)

"Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?" shows viewers how the star became who she is today.

This inspiring true story falls nothing short of filling the audience with a passion to strive for their wildest dreams.

Coverage from the Austin Film Festival, highlighting some panels and films that emphasized the importance of diverse and inclusive storytelling.

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.

Dead Poets Society relies on patriarchal tropes such as overbearing fathers, contrived brotherhood, and faux-individuality in order to portray its straight white male characters as oppressed.

We are incredibly blessed that this movie is available for us to see, and we should take advantage of the opportunity we’ve been given.