The Substance paints a haunting, intense vision of the danger of letting the world’s definitions of beauty burrow into one's innermost psyche, where it can freely claw away the sense of self. It is not a subtle movie, but rather than making its point verbally, it does so viscerally.
Director Coralie Fargeat has a unique style that is striking, unashamed and direct. It’s incredible to see how much more powerful and unrestrained it's gotten from her short film debut, Reality+,…
Before going to Argentina, I decided to read the book "La Pregunta de Sus Ojos". An authentic Argentinian story, set in the gorgeous city of Buenos Aires. With its writing style that blended dry reality with melancholic prose, it immersed me in a way that few books have been able to. It goes without saying that when I discovered that not only did it have a movie adaptation but that it had won the friggin' Oscar for best foreign movie,…
Mean Girls is masterful in offering a surprisingly profound tale about the loss of individuality through the desire to “fit in” as part of a larger group. It does so without losing an inch of its humor and overall comfortable tone. It stands as a rare showing outside of animated movies of how art, and movies specifically, don’t necessarily have to be tragic or melodramatic in order to send a meaningful message.
I think one reason why this movie is…
