Muffin Haze 

Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.

This animated movie focuses on Nick Daley, the son of Larry Daley, as "Kahmunrah Rises Again."

The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.

What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.

Like Fourth of July fireworks, the film Honey Don’t is colorful and fun to look at, delivering many bangs (sex and guns!) for your buck before quietly fading out.

A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.