Trap Door in the Sun (2021)

This animated Christmas movie is based on the classic novel of the same name.

The roaring emotional ride that was the season four finale sets June on a new path: more of a Survivor's Journey. 

Cassie, a musician, and Luke, a man serving in the Marines, form a false relationship and keep it a secret.

Overall, Matthias & Maxime doesn't reinvent this romantic concept. But it also doesn't need to. Dolan weaves a story of love, friendship, and life that is both realistic and bittersweet. The film is nuanced and sensual in a way we don't get to see often with LGBTQ characters. It's a film that we can celebrate.

The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.

I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it.