“Terrace House”: The Kinder, Gentler Japanese Alternative to Reality TV
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.

A TV script about a kidnapping inspires a real-life plot.
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.
This coming-of-age musical features a strong representation of LGBTQ+ individuals coming-of-age.
'The Mad Woman and the Feminist': This Spanish entry for the MiamisFF directed by Sandra Gallego handles a difficult conversation in a smart, memorable way.
A man found himself stuck inside the passage to the subway exit on the way to work.
Clocking in at about four hours, Stranger Things season 4 volume 2 is the length of a double feature. Despite the length and the hype, the finale still falls short of expectations thanks to poor pacing, poor character choices, and poor diverse storytelling.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.