The film begins with what initially seems like a simple event – a fifth-grade student, Azqar, losing his diary. A few years later, in the ninth grade, the emotional turmoil of a teenage girl who loses her diary again serves as the backdrop for depicting the contrasting and dramatic moments of her high school life.
Cursed is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, and is a retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist. Instead of King Arthur gaining Excalibur, a teenage sorceress named Nimue (Katherine Langford) does. Her people — the Fey — are being hunted down, and so Nimue will do whatever it takes to save them.
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
Documented human suffering is never easy to view or read about and is understandably triggering for many people, but it can be educational, and education is a key to change. An overwhelming amount queer people worldwide (and in my own country) have it far worse than I could imagine, and documentaries such as Welcome to Chechnya bring issues to light that certain groups of people would never see.
'Legally Blonde' remains a standard of feminist filmmaking over two decades after its release, although its poor treatment of racial and sexual minorities make it a product of its time.
When most of us think about diversity in film, we usually think about three things: race, gender, and disabilities. However, there is a forgotten topic... age. These are 12 of the best films about growing old.
Remember Caroline from Vampire Diaries? Well, now she’s The Suitcase Killer, allegedly.
