A girl and her family living on a remote, picturesque island in the South Pacific find themselves confronting the fallout from the French nuclear testing programme.
The accountant in question is Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), who’s neurodivergent. We know this because at a dating event, he bores women with tax advice. He also places his breakfast foods in neat stacks and has no friends.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.
The Lighthouse is patient and hypnotic, pulling us in with its mysterious atmosphere and characters. The film’s slow pace proves to be monumentally effective, showcasing the tedious nature that comes with isolation and poor two-way communication.
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.
Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.
