Priorities on Parade (1942)

Another story focuses on the bond between a young man and a shelter dog in this Netflix drama film.

Welcome to a special episode of the Incluvie Movie Highlights. This summer we held the Incluvie Short Film Festival. The film festival discovers and brings to light some outstanding short films starring main characters from diverse backgrounds, who are often overlooked in Hollywood. The filmmakers and actors from the 3 winning films came in and talked about their process and what it was like to make the film.

I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before. 

"Marriage Story" is a narrow-minded and heavy-handed attempt to examine the complexity of human relationships.

The clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, and she'll do anything to fit in.

The film centers around two young women, Becca and Sam, who were once high school sweethearts until they reconnect in their town.