“The Social Reckoning” Fails to Reckon with Society
While this film thinks that it is diagnosing the cause, it is merely diagnosing a symptom instead.

The Upper-class Violet and her fiance Teddy are spending Christmas in Violet's Yorkshire family home with their close friend Tom and his new girlfriend Maddie. But when toxic histories and an illicit affair means Christmas doesn't go her way, Violet breaks her family's cardinal rule... she puts the fire out. Without realizing, she lets in an ancient pagan beast that terrorizes her and her friends to complete a mysterious, deadly ritual - leaving Violet, and her secrets, with nowhere to hide.
While this film thinks that it is diagnosing the cause, it is merely diagnosing a symptom instead.
All in all, “Event Horizon” is a cinematic misfire, begging to be perfected in the future. While it possesses an array of admirable visuals, the film leaves much to be desired. If only we could see Anderson’s preferred cut, which featured more character development and tortuous imagery. In the meantime, I have a catchphrase for this film: In space no one can hear you snore.
When long-time couple Jenny and Nate break up so Jenny can pursue her journalism career, Jenny leans on her two best friends for one last epic night in the city.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Two Distant Strangers (2020) centers around Carter James (Joey Bada$$) as he tries to get back home to his pitbull, Jeter, after spending a night at the apartment of his date Perri (Zaria Simone). What gets in the way of Carter reuniting with his dog is that every time he tries to leave Perri’s apartment, he is killed by police and wakes up back in her bed in a never-ending cycle. It addresses the issue of police brutality which rightly has been in the public eye more and more with the unjust deaths caused at the hands of law enforcement.
It's sexy, regardless of what else is going on.