I look at Jungle and similar true story films about young men who decide to brave the elements for what I can only guess are hormonal reasons (Into the Wild is another one), and I frown. I guess I'm a sedentary creature, though I AM taken to off-roading on hikes through national parks, so maybe I shouldn't frown so much. In this one, three young men are led into the Bolivian jungle by a guide and judging from the poster…
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Death of a Superhero 2011
A mix of live action and grimdark superhero animation, Death of a Superhero stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster as an Irish teenager dying from cancer who translates his inner life as a bleak heroic narrative. It's a teenager's world, so the hero is beset by sexual impulses he can't consummate and a lot of anger and nihilism. There's no single "hope" in this movie, but instead different moments with his family and friends, with the anarchic new girl in school who takes…
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Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity 1983
It's kind of perfect. Skip both Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity and you won't even realize Tegan left.
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Listen 2014
Listen is a Danish short which can be found on YouTube, about a communications breakdown between the police and a Muslim woman wearing a burka begging them to do something about her abusive husband. The catch: The translator filters the experience through her own religious background and sides with the husband. In this very simple drama, with some moments repeated to multiply the points of view, we are witness to the systemic misunderstanding and injustice immigrants can face, where even allies may pass one another by without truly seeing what's going on. A powerful indictment of the treatment of women in the context of misogynist orthodoxy.
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