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Wild Indian: The Sundance Film about the suffering of two individuals

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This Sundance film is a modern illustration of the biblical tale of Cain and Abel (the sons of Adam and Eve). It is divided into two timelines —1980s and 2019. The initial phase reflects the childhoods of two individuals and their horrific mistakes. The next chapter, 2019, takes us through how a past mistake affected their adult lives. Wild Indian (2021) Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Cast: Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Kate Bosworth Image: Vertical Entertainment 1980s (childhood) Makwa's bruised face and quietness reveal a lot about his family atmosphere and his miserable childhood. Makwa ( Michael Greyeyes) and Ted-O (or Teddo played by Chaske Spencer) are cousins and partners in the crime. All the hatred that Makwa's abusive father invested in him burst out on the innocent. Unfortunately, Ted-O witnessed that and reluctantly cooperated with him. Makwa was always quite emotionless and used to dreadful things, but Ted-O was completely shocked after that incident. ...
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The Whale: A Reunion of Father-Daughter

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The director, D arren Aronofsky (R equiem for a Dream & Black Swan) has brought a stage-play (by S amuel D. Hunter) to the big screen. The aspect ratio of 1.33 makes it appear as an art house film. The Whale is a story of repentance and sorrow of a morbidly obese teacher. (Note: Spoilers ahead.) The Whale (2022) Genres: Drama, Stage-play Cast: B rendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, H ong Chau Image: A24 Films Charlie ( B rendan Fraser) is barely mobile, but his nurse friend Liz (H ong Chau) takes care of Charlie's health and household. Charlie teaches online for a living. The film is shot in Charlie's apartment because he never gets out as if he has caged himself. When we take a look at the history of Charlie's life, we learn that he has abandoned his daughter and wife to be with his lover. But Charlie's lover commits suicide later. Since then, Charlie has cut off all contact with the rest of the world, to cope with his sadness he eats. This film captures the last week ...
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Close (2022): An Aesthetic Film About Innocence, Guilt And Remorse

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'Close' is a French film about the innocent and naive friendship of two thirteen-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) & Remi (Gustav De Waele). As in the title, they are close friends, as if they were twin brothers. Leo mostly stays at Rami's house, they play together, eat together and even share the same bed. But everything changes when they leave the flower fields and begin school life. Close (2022) Genres: Coming-of-age, Drama Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, E milie Dequenne Image: A24 Films Leo's character is vigorous. On the other hand, Remi is sensitive and an introvert. However, Leo supports Rami and encourages him to follow his musical talent. Rami is incomplete without Leo. Circumstances change when school starts, the world doesn't see their platonic love through the lens of innocence, their classmates try to label it something that Leo and Rami never thought of. "Are you together?" After that question, Leo finds it difficult to look at...
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Scenes From a Marriage: Ingmar Bergman's Remake Starring Oscar Isaac & Jessica Chastain

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'Scenes From a Marriage' is the American version of Ingmar Bergman's Swedish miniseries of the same name. It's a five-episode show covering ten years of marital life. But not from the beginning, as the couple has a four-year-old daughter, and they are in their early forties. (Note: Spoilers ahead for the first two episodes.) Scenes From a Marriage (2021) Genres: Drama Cast: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac Image: HBO Max Innocence and Panic Our couple is Mira ( Jessica Chastain) and Jonathan (Oscar Isaac). Mira is the family breadwinner, and Jonathan mostly takes care of the household after his academic work. The prologue follows a revisit of the last 10 years of their married life and the elements of their successful marriage through an interview by a Ph.D. aspirant (Sunita Mani). Mira seemed ostentatious about their successful marriage, but Jonathan was somewhat self-centered and didn't notice her feelings. The dinner table scene with the polygamous couple, Pe...
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John and the Hole: What's it like to be an adult?

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Kids do stupid things all the time, but screenwriter Nicolas Giacobone (Oscar winner for Birdman 2014) takes this concept beyond just stupidity, to something authentic and alarming. The film metaphorically shows two sides of a coin — the first one is 'how kids think about adulthood' , and the second one is 'what adulthood really is' . John and the Hole (2021) Genres: Drama, Psychological Thriller Cast: Charlie Shotwell, Jennifer Ehle, Taissa Farmiga Image: IFC Films John (Charlie Shotwell) is a 13-year-old kid, raised by wealthy but busy parents. Anna (Jennifer Ehle, recently appeared in Saint Maud ), and Brad (Michael C. Hall), are shown as parents. Laurie (Taissa Farmiga) is John's elder sister. John is good at tennis, plays the piano, can imitate his mother's voice, and asks a lot of questions. What's it like to be an adult? When do you stop being a kid? When he asks these questions to his mother, she explains to him that adult life is a bag full of r...
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Zola: A24's Aesthetic Version of a Viral 2015 Twitter Thread

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A24 has brought Zola's Twitter thread to the big screen. Zola's trip to Florida began as a dark comedy and led to disturbing incidents. It has all the ingredients that an A24 film would have , aesthetic cinematography, authentic story, top-notch cast, and entirely thrilling. Zola (2021) Genres: Dark Comedy, Drama Cast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough Image: A24 studio A'Ziah "Zola" King (Taylour Paige) is a Detroit waitress who is also a part-time nightclub dancer. While she was serving at Hooters, she met a white girl. Yes, the white girl was Stefani Jezowski (Riley Keough). Stefani seemed like an affable girl. (Or perhaps she was looking for a girl to take to Florida.) Then these fresh friends went to the club to dance. Stefani had gained enough trust to take Zola to Florida the next day. Y'all wanna see the first 5 minutes of Zola? Zola, Stefani, Derrek (Stefani's naive boyfriend, played by Nicholas Braun), and ruthless black guy "X" a.k.a. A ...
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Mare of Easttown: Family Trees & Characters Details

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'Mare of Easttown' has many characters, so family trees and connections are essential to understand the ongoing circumstances, especially for beginners. Here we're going to include The Sheehan, The Rose, The McMenamin, The Hinchey, and The Delrasso families. The Sheehan Family Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) : The Protagonist, Detective of Easttown, her real name is Marianne, but we get introduced as Mare throughout the series. Frank Sheehan (David Denman) : Ex-husband of Mare Siobhan Sheehan (Angourie Rice) : Daughter of Mare & Frank Kevin Sheehan (Cody Kostro) : Late son of Mare Carrie Layden (Sosie Bacon): Kevin's girlfriend, m other of Drew Helen Fahey (Jean Smart) : Mother of Mare Father Dan Hastings (Neal Huff) : Cousin of Mare, Saint Michael's Church Father. Drew Sheehan (Izzy King) : Grandson of Mare Faye (Kate Arrington) : Fiance of Frank The Ross & McMenamin Family John Ross (Joe Tippett) : Frank's best friend Lori Ross (Julianne Nichols...
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