A young woman is tired of chasing love and decides to rebel against the male-dominated world she feels trapped in. She transforms herself into three different types of women and goes through stages from anger to escapism. Everything she does is based on the lie that she suffers from vulvodynia, a chronic, painful condition of the vulva. She provokes and hates everything related to the penetrating male phallus, not least her latest love interest. But can you hate love?
For anyone who is not a cis white woman, a justice-fueled murderous rampage is not framed as liberation. Instead, they contribute to harsh stereotypes that vilify minority women with dangerous consequences.
The 2019 film, Vai, takes us through eight stories across the islands of Oceania. The settings are unbelievably beautiful, the cast is beautiful, the languages are beautiful, and the stories are beautiful…but heartbreaking.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is preoccupied with plot and not on the greater struggle of the Osage.
Dramatic Horror!!! Wait, what?? Did you say "dramatic horror"?? IS there such a thing?? I mean, TRULY. Well, if San Francisco-based, Pakistani-born independent filmmaker Dr. Hassan Zee and this film critic have anything to say about it, there IS such a beast as experienced through the director's newest feature film set to officially debut October 4th in the City by the Bay. Folks, indie film will always be a bastion of experimentation and originality, and this film for me fits that bill.
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.
With a quirky outline, Project Hail Mary stays within the bounds of human language and imperial fantasy.
