By: Amanda Guarragi When we are young, the decisions that we make, and one’s that are made for us can affect us for the rest of our lives. At one point or another, young women are taking advantage of because of their vulnerability and naiveté. Young girls have been groomed and abused in many different ways, as those acts can sometimes be labelled as love. … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Resurrection’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi What humans need more than anything, now more than ever is intimacy. What we are all lacking is a genuine connection with another soul. Whether you’re single or in a relationship, there can be a sense of emptiness, or that ten percent of something that could be lacking. Humans are never fully satisfied and especially in today’s generation, everyone is always looking … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Why is it that every single time you go on a family vacation, your parents always want to befriend another family? Isn’t the point of a “family” vacation spending more time together as a unit, away from distractions? Well, in Christian Tafdrup’s twisted, psychological, family thriller Speak No Evil he explores what could possibly go wrong after meeting another family on vacation. … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Speak No Evil’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi In writer-director Mariama Diallo’s debut feature Master, she explores the flawed education system in the United States at an elite New England University. As she touches upon the racial inequality and white elitism prevalent at Ancaster, the university is also built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill. Diallo combines the supernatural elements of the witch trials with the racial history … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Master’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi There have been moments in everyone’s life where they have reached their breaking point. This one defining break usually happens when there is a string of smaller moments that everyone leaves to build up. Exactly how much injustice can people take until they snap? In the case of Brian Easley (John Boyega) a former U.S. Marine, who has been on disability for … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘892’ Review
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