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 […]
Overview & Premise Nora Fingscheidt has directed The Outrun, adapting it from a memoir by Amy Liptrot, and the film features Saoirse Ronan as the lead. It outlines the life of Rona, a woman who goes back to her native place Orkney after recovering from alcoholism to rehab. Although remarkably beautiful, the Northern Scottish country
Pimpinero: Blood and Oil, which was released in 2024, is a Colombian crime thriller that revolves around the perilous activity of gasoline smuggling between Colombia and Venezuela. The film was directed by Baiz Andrés, who also co-wrote it with Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Speitzer, Laura Osma and Juanes – who made his debut acting appearance in
Someone Like You, a romantic comedy film directed by Tony Goldwyn and released in 2001, is based on Laura Zigman’s novel Animal Husbandry. The film features Ashley Judd as Jane Goodale, a television producer turned anonymous columnist on relationships, alongside actors Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei and Ellen Barkin. It examines contemporary dating alongside
Introduction Anora is a romantic dramedy film, which will be released in 2024, and directed, written and edited by Sean Baker. He is famous for his compassionate yet unpolished depictions of marginalized lives through films like The Florida Project and Red Rocket. In Anora, Baker focuses on a marriage with a Russian oligarch’s son that
Battle: Freestyle is a dance drama film in the Norwegian language that was released in 2022. It was directed by Ingvild Soderlind, with Cathy midz and Maja Lunde serving as writers. It continues the story of Amalie, an aspiring dancer from the 2018 film Battle, who is now part of a developing dance crew participating
Breakup Season portrays the life of Ben Russell, a 24-year-old man who takes his girlfriend Cassie to Oregon, his small home town, where he spends Christmas with family. For him, it is a crucial visit since he wants this trip to either strengthen their relationship or perhaps lead them towards engagement. Unfortunately for him though,
Through My Window 3: Looking at You is the concluding segment of the Spanish-language romantic drama trilogy which began with Through My Window in 2022. Directed by Marçal Forés and drawing from Ariana Godoy’s novels, the trilogy’s culmination is a story steeped in introspection, healing, and poignant remembrances of enduring first love. The film debuted
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,
