Tenderness: What Every Young Boy Needs
Every year, new best-selling memoirs are published, more and more of which are then turned into film adaptations. More often than not, these are inspirational tales of successful writers, doctors, or lawyers that are products of a broken family who overcame insurmountable odds. So you may be asking yourself, why exactly do we need another one? What makes this child so special? Why do we need The Tender Bar? Trust me, we all needed this movie. It shows us that certain qualities that society frowns upon can get us further in life than carefully following the rule book.
Revisiting O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I think we can all agree that there’s something uniquely, well, peculiar about the Coen brothers’ movies. And yet, Joel and Ethan Coen are considered two of the greatest writers and directors of American cinema -- and for good reason. Their films combine quirky and lovable characters, laugh-out-loud humor, and an intriguing aesthetic. O Brother, Where Art Thou? presents all of these and more. Still, our modern understanding of race and representation require us to examine it with a critical lens.