I haven’t had the feeling of being rendered speechless by a film very often. Monster (2023), directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu left me not only speechless, though. It left me filled with empathy, joy, and a profound sadness at the same time. The film is about a single mother, her son, his classmate, and their teacher and the effects of invisible ‘monsters’ on all of them. It’s hard to explain what this film is about without giving anything away, but it has a similar story-tellin

Hello, hello, happy (belated) New Year! I'm so sorry about my absence (have been through a lot this year, don't ask don't tell), but I...

And part two is here! I know, shocker, I actually managed to get something out on time, who am I? But before I get into the movies that I...

I heard about this film when it first came out, mostly because Talia Ryder immediately got a great deal of attention on Chinese social media sites for her answer at the Berlin Film Festival. But I really didn't think about watching it until I found it on Netflix the other day, and trust me when I say that this film is one hundred percent deserving of a watch. The film deals with a heavy topic in a way that I find truly unique. Abortion is something that has been on the Americ

"One is not born a woman; one becomes a woman." This is the line from Simone de Beauvoir's Second Sex that I read first, in Judith...

I think it's slightly hard to explain why this book hits so hard. It might be because the book puts into words more eloquently that I...