Why do we as humans like horror? There’s a rather simple draw to watching a scary movie, or something like taking a trip through a haunted house: the fear is all there is. There’s no directly present danger causing that visceral reaction in our bodies, aside from the simulated one in front of us. To […]
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PLEASURE Is One Of The Most Brutally Honest Films In Years
It’s not every day that a film as painfully honest as Pleasure is released, and serving as a debut feature film only adds to its impact. Written and directed by Ninja Thyberg as an extension of her 2013 short film of the same name, Thyberg details a journey into stardom. More specifically and bluntly, Pleasure […]
PETITE MAMAN Is A Bold And Inventive Spin on Grief and Time
If Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady On Fire is about seizing on a possible missed opportunity and never looking back, Petite Maman is concerned with wondering of all the opportunities that are yet to come. Rooted in the universally familiar emotions of grief and childhood curiosity, Sciamma is able to craft a dual-sided coming […]
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD Revels In The Journey Of Choice
Julie feels like she’s the worst person in the world. And in some ways, she is. But what Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World does right is that it never demonizes her for it. To simply be human is beautiful. But in many ways, it is the worst. It’s constantly complicated and rarely […]
MEMORIA Asks Its Viewers To Truly Experience Life Through Blurred Experience
You’re woken up in the middle of the night to a sound. A loud bang. Deeply unsettling, you get up to locate the source but the search is fruitless. Unsure of what happened, you look out the window before sitting down and contemplating what it is that you just heard. Dreams do find their way […]
PIG Is A Somber Three-Course Reflection on Life Itself
We often take for granted many things in life, but perhaps none more than food. Sure, the phone always eats first and people are regularly meeting for lunch, a quick bite or debating favorite snacks like we do on the podcast, but even then, it really feels like surface level appreciation. We eat food because […]