The Blues, and Two Contradictory Films That Claim It
Crossroads follows a young guitarist on a journey through the American South in search of blues history and his own voice.

The dynamic between Yuji and Kaede, a couple of young artists, is thrown out of balance when Yuji’s new video installation is reviewed one evening by an influential artist. Yuji tries to avoid a conversation, while Kaede feels obligated to promote her partner’s talent. A night that may change everything.
Crossroads follows a young guitarist on a journey through the American South in search of blues history and his own voice.
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.
The newest in a long line of Cinderella adaptations, Amazon’s Cinderella (2021) prizes girlbossification above the very story it tries to adapt.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.