Searching for Identity in Iñárritu’s Bardo
The director's latest is a dreamlike exploration of a consciousness torn between two homelands, and the implications of history and memory suspended in limbo.

Sole, a sensually attractive woman, is a fifty-year-old influencer. On the surface, she has everything in life. She enjoys the freedom her job and home offer her. She loves to party and surrounds herself with her followers. She lets herself go and goes with the flow. But when the nighttime fun ends and Sole returns home, everything changes.
The director's latest is a dreamlike exploration of a consciousness torn between two homelands, and the implications of history and memory suspended in limbo.
Another story focuses on the bond between a young man and a shelter dog in this Netflix drama film.
The shattering of what we strive to maintain as reality. It is certainly truthful to state that most, if not all, of us have experienced moments of genuine mental stress. Regardless of what might be the cause, the sheer unsettledness, the pressure that weighs upon us is a tangible force that CAN seem insurmountable. However, more often than not, this is only a temporary , one we can come through and simply move on from.
GOAT (2026) opens to the chanting of a crowd: "Roots run deep!" The rest of the film goes on to echo that sentiment, offering gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story along the way.