A married long-distance truck driver falls for a significantly younger waitress at a roadside diner. Their affair brings tragedy to themselves and those around them.
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Director
Tatsuya Nakadai
Seiji Tajima
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Naokichi Sakura
Takeo Chii
Yukio
Masumi Harukawa
Matsuyo
Miwako Fujitani
Kazue Komiya
Junko Ikeuchi
Yoshiko Tajima
Yoshiko Mita
Hideko
Hiroyuki Nagato
Boss of the Mizuya clan
Natsuko Fuji
Eri Tajima
Kyôhei Shibata
Minoru Shinozuka
Aoi Nakajima
Proprietress of Hanabishi
My Beautiful Laundrette is often referenced as a positive LGBTQIA+ film because our two main characters are in a homosexual relationship with no shame, fear of violence or criticism. The struggle is not their sexuality. It is the treatment of the Pakistani citizens in England.
The Franke kids seemingly lived a normal life, until their mom met the infamous Jodi Hilderbrandt.
Dramatic Horror!!! Wait, what?? Did you say "dramatic horror"?? IS there such a thing?? I mean, TRULY. Well, if San Francisco-based, Pakistani-born independent filmmaker Dr. Hassan Zee and this film critic have anything to say about it, there IS such a beast as experienced through the director's newest feature film set to officially debut October 4th in the City by the Bay. Folks, indie film will always be a bastion of experimentation and originality, and this film for me fits that bill.
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
While it initially sounds nothing like 'Nope,' the focus on recording/sharing everything—especially trauma—for profit makes Hulu's 'Not Okay' similar to Jordan Peele’s newest movie.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.