“Driveways”
"Driveways" is a nuanced portrait of an Asian American family, touching on themes of loss, growth, and belonging.

In 1941, a young Russian passionate about painting, Vladimir Kibalchich Rusakov, arrived in Mexico alongside his father, the revolutionary poet and writer Victor Serge. The testimonies reconstruct the living memory of the artist and explore his work, revealing his passion for the Renaissance tradition, his encounter with Mexican muralism, his involvement with the Ruptura movement, and his ongoing dialogue with his father.
"Driveways" is a nuanced portrait of an Asian American family, touching on themes of loss, growth, and belonging.
For the most part, 'Sweet Girl' recycles tired hyper masculine revenge tropes, but a surprise twist in the end turns it into a female-centric revenge film.
Netflix's new thriller Apex, starring Charlize Theron, puts a twist on survival horror. Despite its setting in the beautiful- yet-dangerous Australian wilderness, Apex is not a movie about man vs. nature. Instead, it’s woman vs. man. While checking out the title card and its unpretentious Netflix release might lead viewers to believe Apex is just another celebrity project churned out of the streaming machine, Apex - whether by luck or by intention - is a consistently harrowing film about the reality of being a woman in a public space.
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An aspect of She-Ra that I find refreshing is even though a large portion of the cast is on the LGBTQ+ Spectrum, being gay is never mentioned. While this might initially sound like a negative thing, in the show’s land of Etheria being on the gay spectrum is shown to be so common and normalized that straight isn’t the default. As much as there is to appreciate about narratives revolving around the obstacles that may come from being non-heteronormative, it’s nice to get immersed in a world where no one bats an eye at all to any sort of differing identity.