Why Pit 'Alien' Against 'Aliens' When Ripley is Great in Both?
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.

Yinon sits all day at the Ness Ziona bus station, to gain perspective. But he never gets on the bus. He has a close friend - Malkiel, a real rock star. And who is responsible for reminding Yinon that the worst thing is to be an imitation, that you shouldn't let anyone decide for you, that the most dangerous thing is to want to be loved. Until one day, a new girl comes to town - Verdit, disrupting Yinon's boring routine, and life in Ness Ziona will never be the same.
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.
April, a professional dancer, reluctantly trains a group of girls at a dance school for the dance competition.
'Don't Lose Your Head' follows the motto of "grades aren't everything."
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
Facing the world with our fair share of uncertainties and/or apprehensions, many of which, sadly, may be well-founded, is nothing to sneeze at. Influenced and buffeted by the constant barrage of social media, fake news, and general upheaval present in our contemporary reality, what IS real and what's not becomes a blur.