In the center of the story is an old bachelor, honest man who is unable to prove his honesty because his only proof, a statuette, has been broken. The film is set in the earliest days of socialism after the WW2.
Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus is a beautiful, poignant, enraging, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking film about the trauma and harm conversion therapy inflicts on young queer people. Even though its classification as horror holds, the emotional bond between the two main characters, Naim and Ryan, elevates the story into a realistic romantic drama on par with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Asha, the main character, is a biracial woman who discovers the power of magic wishing dust.
Udo Kier takes center spotlight in 'Swan Song' as Pat Pitsenbarger, a gay beautician who comes out of retirement for one last job and rediscovers himself along the way.
When the world lost Chadwick Boseman on August 28, 2020, we all saw the impact of representation in film. Boseman was not only a Black superhero leading a Black cast in one of the most successful films in history; but his successes paved the way for more, long-overdue diversity in Hollywood.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
