A middle aged Assamese widower navigates grief while trying to move on from the death of his beloved wife, and managing his strained relationship with a young daughter who wants to leave the city to go study at the same college in Delhi, where her late mother studied. This tale takes us through the good, bad and ugly parts of mourning and how different members of the same family go about it, mostly through reminiscing, tears, and questionable coping mechanisms. The daughter convinces her father to have a yard sale as the ultimate "move on". The reluctantly onboard father, discovers that love comes in different forms, and sometimes moving on is giving away the sweater which was a gift from your dead wife to a pair of young lovers who remind you of a younger you: in love and hopeful about the future.
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is a fan-favorite, as are some of the more science fiction angled movies like 28 Days Later or World War Z. I recently watched the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson-directed movie, Outbreak for the first time, which is currently available on Netflix.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
A family adventure film that features Hawaiian culture with a representative director and a diverse cast.
In this coming-of-age movie centered around senior prom, Mandy is anxious about her acceptance into Harvard while she realizes she's missing other opportunities.
Behind all the action, 'Space Sweepers' is a surprisingly heartfelt and progressive story about building community.
