Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
An animated reboot based on the book of the same name, with differences from the live-action movie of the same name.

The meditative essay film studies the human inflicted changes in the environment through human perception and experience. The film is shot with a wide format Bolex UltraPan8 camera and developed by hand, partly with a spruce needle developer and partly with a chemical developer.
An animated reboot based on the book of the same name, with differences from the live-action movie of the same name.
Dora is the superhero we didn't know we needed.
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.
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
Two Distant Strangers (2020) centers around Carter James (Joey Bada$$) as he tries to get back home to his pitbull, Jeter, after spending a night at the apartment of his date Perri (Zaria Simone). What gets in the way of Carter reuniting with his dog is that every time he tries to leave Perri’s apartment, he is killed by police and wakes up back in her bed in a never-ending cycle. It addresses the issue of police brutality which rightly has been in the public eye more and more with the unjust deaths caused at the hands of law enforcement.
The three themes of lessons learned from HBO Max's Station Eleven are the same as the pandemic: love, regret, and art.