The Enduring Beauty of “Persepolis”
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.

A trip to Paris has been long in the making for Sergeant Stanley Gilchrist and his army buddy Hank, who are stationed in Milan. But when Stanley requests a furlough from his tyrannical colonel, he's assigned to London instead to deliver a top-secret document. Undaunted, Stanley and Hank sneak in a brief stay in the City of Lights. Their holiday turns into a nightmare when the bag containing the secret documents disappears.
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.
I didn’t love Expecting Amy, the mini-series following Amy Schumer’s pregnancy, but it brought up a lot of great unspoken side-effects of working and growing a human in America.
This MiamisFF Review is on the short film 'Rewind Thirty'. Created and released in the United States, this short film has an unclear message.
CODA' is about a child of deaf adults torn between staying with her parents and her dreams of pursuing music. This film is a step forward for deaf representation and disability in movies despite negative messages about the burden of actors deaf deafness.
There were too many irrelevant parts that could have been shortened, and too many characters that didn't advance the plot. Either way, some things didn't add up. This was just another played out plot with little, if any, originality in it. By the end of the film, I wasn't happy that she finally got her freedom, I was happy that it was finally over.
Severance is about breaking down facades and confronting old models that were once frameworks of our lives. The somewhat subtle message to me is it’s never too late to fall in love, no matter your insecurities.