
To nail his superhero role, an actor tries to live like a real hero—only to realize that saving the day isn’t as easy as it seems.
Shadow & Bone excels in natural story representation with powerful centering of culture. Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, the feisty cartographer with kindness, innocence, and integrity, who comes to be revealed as the legendary summoner of light.
From the cinematography to the script to the acting, Sorry, Baby is undoubtedly one of the best films of the year.
Hoppers is a fun ride with a deep message underneath. In true Pixar fashion, Hoppers explores the complexity of emotions and learning to be still in a world that demands fast progress. Through the main character Mabel, we are reminded what it is like to let ourselves feel big emotions. But also how not to be controlled by them.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.