"Outerlands" Provides Community in Unexpected Places
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.

Eric Williams, a renowned food critic is invited to a fine establishment run by a strange, utopian cult.
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.
"Marriage Story" is a narrow-minded and heavy-handed attempt to examine the complexity of human relationships.
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.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the most human movie of the year. It is based on the 2010 short of the same name that follows a big-hearted, little shell named Marcel as he navigates through life in a human-sized world.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
An incredible documentary showcasing the difficulties of living in a crumbling Rust Belt city.