"Station of the forgotten" chronicles the relationship between Domingo, an old sailor stranded away from the sea and Pau, a teenager who finds difficult to fit in society. Their paths will cross at the old people's home where Domingo now lives, and where Pau is serving a community service sentence. They find eachother at a key point in their respective lives: Pau is negotiating the tricky path from adolescence to maturity, and Domingo, the equally tricky one leading from old age to death.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
This is a film that is going to leave some people bored, and some people thrilled.
'Ms. Davis’ Close Friend' will make you think about the meaning of death and what it means to be alive, and if there’s really a race to be run with one's inevitable demise.
J Brooke, Incluvie Guest Columnist on 'Life and Beth' and 'Sort of': while living one’s truth is freedom, speaking it as a mandatory assignment can become captivity.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
