A couple living in an apartment together have a very unsettling and absurd evening when an elderly woman stricken with dementia knocks on their door, clearly unaware of where she is. After she pushes her way into their apartment, the two guide her back to hers in an attempt to help her and ease her to sleep. Amidst all of her scattered thoughts, the two get the sense that she knows them personally, though they don’t remember meeting her before tonight. It turns out that their memory might be more faulty than hers.
Juno is extremely funny, very well-written, and contains great performances. The film is also about a very important topic, one that is extremely relevant now: women’s reproductive rights. Is this Oscar-winning film spreading a pro-life or pro-choice message to its audience?
Shudder’s Host (not a particularly original title, I must say) attempts to bring the spooks to “the quarantine generation” by presenting us with a scary Zoom call during lockdown.
One of the reasons I love watching movies is that, much like books, they serve as windows into other times and different places. Productions from around the world offer valuable insights into the history and culture of their respective countries. And just like literature, cinema can help us understand the present by showing us the past.
Many have interpreted Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon as a dream sequence, but what if the repetitive scenes we are given are not dreams but, a time loop.
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.
Movies also have the ability to make the audience think deeper about an issue that plagues society. "Blindspotting" does that without shying away from the intense reality of police brutality and racial discrimination.
