Shrinking Down Tropes to the Everyday: Josh Margolin on Thelma

By Jonathan Monovich. My favorite kinds of movies are ones that can feel relatable and simultaneously big/cinematic. When I can marry those two aspects in an interesting way, I get creatively excited.” Have you ever imagined what it would look like if Jason Statham were replaced by a rebellious grandma […]

A Microcosm of Oppression: The Survivors (Sobreviventes)

By Yun-hua Chen. A fable and a metaphor about coexistence in isolation at the time of slavery and colonialization.” A fable and a metaphor, The Survivors is a tale about coexistence in isolation at the time of slavery and colonialization. Set in the mid-19th century, survivors from a wrecked slave […]