In the night, between human and plant silhouettes, the old stories we tell each other give birth to new ones.
'Yes, God, Yes (2019)' is a coming-of-age tale about a Christian teenage girl discovering her sexuality, the turbulence that comes with it from within herself, and the judgment from those around her.
Wes Anderson offers a light-hearted comedy in the Middle East centering around Catholic motifs.
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
Perhaps the most amazing and groundbreaking quality about The Birdcage is how removed it is from both illness and insensitivity. Whereas films preceding it were often somber stories about the tribulations of being gay in a conservatively straight world, Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May expose the fallacies of conservatism as traditional values are thrown into a more open-minded space. They don’t care how far the community has fallen so much as how high they can rebuild themselves.
This drama film is about Priscilla and Elvis Presley's failed marriage through the lens of the title character.
This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.
