Gus Van Sant's Constant Thematic and Cinematic Elements
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.

Albert is a rebel who refuses to accept that you can't do what you want and be successful in life without being constrained by a society that has laid out a straight path for your career since you were in kindergarten. That's why Albert rebels against school, his parents, and the whole world to become what he's best at: entertaining the whole world through YouTube. But along the way, Albert is losing his best friends and, worst of all, the one who loves him most, the girl he thinks he's not in love with.
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.
Dramatic Horror!!! Wait, what?? Did you say "dramatic horror"?? IS there such a thing?? I mean, TRULY. Well, if San Francisco-based, Pakistani-born independent filmmaker Dr. Hassan Zee and this film critic have anything to say about it, there IS such a beast as experienced through the director's newest feature film set to officially debut October 4th in the City by the Bay. Folks, indie film will always be a bastion of experimentation and originality, and this film for me fits that bill.
I Love You Forever, marketed as a “subversive” romantic comedy is in fact a painful horror film about a young woman deep in the throes of an abusive relationship.
Ester Shapiro who flees the only home she has ever known to start a new life in Berlin.
This magical reboot introduces a new set of Charmed ones, much to the ire of fans of the original series.