Small Town Stories When Lady Bird Flies Out of Her Cage 1 Sep 202131 Aug 2021 Cinema has a sneaky way of getting under our skin. It stirs our emotions, ideas, and even our aspirations through the act of portraying someone’s story. As we intimately watch…
Small Town Stories I see I: Roots Time 1 Sep 20211 Sep 2021 Often I have heard, “Myers dat name soun familiar... A yuh related tuh—?” and, “Yuh nuh wa fi guh dung tuh dat part of Jamaica. Di Myers name a luk…
Small Town Stories Vanities Spawned by Fear: Wake in Fright 1 Sep 202131 Aug 2021 I hate to admit it, but my favorite onscreen characters have long leaned towards the stoic, the macho. Kenshiro from First of the North Star (written by Buronson, art by…
Small Town Stories A Story about a Place: The Humane Beauty of True Stories 1 Sep 202131 Aug 2021 “I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The…
Small Town Stories Binding to al-Ard (The Land) 1 Sep 202124 Feb 2022 “Security? I wish it was that simple. People need the land. The land needs water. Water needs a connection. The connection needs a mansion. The mansion needs a road. The…
Small Town Stories Logan: A Western Comic Book Drama 1 Sep 202131 Aug 2021 Superhero movies are extremely popular nowadays, as fans enjoy seeing their favorite comic book characters on the big screen. From Marvel to DC, we’ve come so far in bringing these…
Buddy Films I Wanna Be Me 1 Jul 202130 Aug 2021 Watching On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019) directed by Kenji Iwaisawa is in many ways like watching a slice of the male teenage experience. It is part of the “slice of life”…
Buddy Films Counterparts are Family: Droids and the Buddy Film in Star Wars 1 Jul 202130 Aug 2021 At the heart of genre cinema, the buddy film is one of those sub-genres which ranks supreme. On the surface, the genre presents a variety of friendships. However, within the…
Buddy Films Onion Boy and Jackass 1 Jul 202130 Aug 2021 To watch a buddy movie is to witness the profundity of friendship. Whether we observe the buddies meet each other on-screen, learn to work through challenges, experience a falling out,…
Buddy Films Fleeting Friendship Rituals 1 Jul 202130 Aug 2021 Not so long ago I found myself on a smoky terrace surrounded by a handful of faces I did not recognize. In my hand, a near-empty can of beer protected…
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