“By Any Means” and the Pitfalls of Entertainment
It is up to the community to decide if this film is a force for enlightenment or not.

This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the effects often took decades to manifest, each of these policy shifts increased the rate of incarceration in the U.S. The video ends with many of the architects of these changes, Democrats and Republicans alike, admitting the failure of these policies and suggesting that it is time for real change.
It is up to the community to decide if this film is a force for enlightenment or not.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.
Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.
An apocalyptic tale captivates the nation as it teaches us to love even in the hardest situations.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.