A coming-of-age romance that follows the experience of two 19-year-olds having their first relationship together. Through a nonlinear structure, experimental editing, fantasy, stop motion animation, a love for the ocean, and a powerful breakup scene this delicate drama explores love, loss, and self-reflection.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
KIMI is the main character of this film and as much as I wish it was Angela Childs played by Zoe Kravitz, it isn't. KIMI is a smart device that works not unlike Amazon's Alexa and Google's Nest assisting in anything from home purchases to music playing all under the guise of only activating when in use.
'Motherless Brooklyn' is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
We got a movie that takes the old school approach of trying to creep you out with chilling atmosphere more than anything else.
This reboot of The Wonder Years is told from the lens of a Black man.
