Overview Hello, Love, Again is a romantic drama film from the Philippines directed by Cathy Garcia-Sampana. It stars Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards, who reprised their roles as Joy Fabregas and Ethan del Rosario respectively. Set to be released in November 2024, the film is a sequel to the 2019 blockbuster Hello, Love, Goodbye. In […]
Overview and Context The Merry Gentleman is an independent film released in 2008, marking the directorial debut of actor Michael Keaton. Chicago-native Keaton is known for his blockbuster roles in films such as Batman and Beetlejuice, so it is pleasantly surprising to witness him take on a character-driven narrative film. Keaton stars in the film
Overview and Historical Context In 2024, Paula Ortiz directed the Spanish-American biographical drama film La virgen roja, or The Red Virgin as it is internationally known. The film is about Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira, an intellectual and a feminist and one of the youngest prodigies in Spain. The movie is centered on the turbulent times of
The Year I Started Masturbating (Swedish title: Året jag slutade prestera och började onanera) is a 2022 comedy-drama from Sweden, directed by Erika Wasserman. Inspired by a story from Sandra Dahlén, the film stars Katia Winter as Hanna, a woman whose carefully mapped life begins to fall apart as she nears forty. Blending humor with
Isabel Coixet directed “Elisa & Marcela,” a 2019 romantic drama film that portrays historical events in Spain. The movie is based on the life of Elisa Sanchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, highlighting their love story and the first documented same-sex marriage to occur in Spain in 1901. Set within the confines of conservative early
Introduction Untamed Royals is a 2024 Mexican crime thriller starring Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz and is available on Netflix. Santiago Mohar Volkow penned the flick. It is set in the lavish upper class circles of Mexico and deeply examines how wealth, privilege, and unchecked power can cultivate rampant corruption and violence. Through narrative and thematic exploration,
Introduction The second installment in the After franchise is ‘After We Collided’, which was released in 2020 and continues to explore the tumultuous love story of Tessa Young and Hardin Scott from the first movie. It is set in a world where Tessa struggles both internally and externally with often extreme versions of passion, obsession,and
Madame Claude is a 2021 French biographical drama film directed and written by Sylvie Verheyde. The film features Karole Rocher in the title role and it offers a stylized glimpse of the life of Fernande Grudet, notorious for managing an elite prostitution ring in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s. Released on Netflix, the film
Introduction F** Marry Kill* is an upcoming American comedy thriller scheduled for release in 2025. Directed by Laura Murphy and co-written by Ivan Diaz, Meghan Brown, and Dan Scheinkman, the film integrates romantic comedy, murder mystery and satire on dating culture. The central character of the film gets embroiled in a murder investigation after she
Introduction Against the backdrop of Jeremiah Kipp’s 2019 film release, Theresa & Allison makes a bold and stylistically raw addition to the vampire horror genre. It interweaves elements of eroticism, violence, psychological trauma, and lesbian love into a storyline that is unflinching. Rather than offering glamorized versions or sanitized depictions of vampirism, the film portrays
