
Off The Road (directed by Laurence Petit-Jouvet): Peter Kowald on the road in the US, a road movie.
This sports drama movie is centered around an Asian American boy named Chang.
The Last Duel is about rape. Although the film delves into rape culture in medieval Europe, there are many striking similarities to modern rape culture.
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.
Friendships are tested when two girls have a crush on the popular boy at school.
Twisting what seems to be obvious setups and frameworks is what sets the story structure of Squid Game apart. I appreciate that this narrative is complex but not complicated; an easy enough plot to wrap your head around while still treating the audience like an equal participant in this social commentary