'Pain Hustlers' (2023): An Opioid Crisis
What starts off as a success story for a single mother living below the poverty line, slowly begins to weave itself into a tangled web of greed, guilt, and destruction.

In this hypnotic continuation of PPPasolini, filmmaker Małga Kubiak explores the dreams Pier Paolo Pasolini never got to realize. While the first film imagined his final hours in a surreal version of Stockholm, Epilog takes us further—into the world he longed to escape to. Pasolini had planned to move to Morocco, to live, write, and disappear from Italy’s gaze. But his death ended that story too soon. PPPasolini Epilog is the imagined afterlife of that plan: a haunting, sensual film filled with echoes of Petrolio, his unfinished novel, and reflections on exile, desire, and creation.
What starts off as a success story for a single mother living below the poverty line, slowly begins to weave itself into a tangled web of greed, guilt, and destruction.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.
It's not love. It's Obsession. The hook of this movie is the tension between wanting to be loved and the fear of being all-encompassed by that love. It plays on men’s typical (though certainly not universal) inner-conflict
Kung Fu Chit was a beautifully made, empowering short film that really spoke to me. Featured in Incluvie’s 2020 Film Festival, Kung Fu Chit tells the story of a girl who doesn’t quite fit in.
Animation as a medium of storytelling can be thought to be open to all ages and as I hope my readings will reveal, they could be interpreted as transgender stories.
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" isn’t just a movie; it’s an experience. It's one of the best superhero movies thanks to the amazing writing, the fantastic performances from the actors, and a healthy helping of fan service.