Category: Reviews

Birthdays mean celebrations: a party with friends, drinks, good food, a lot of laughter, and maybe some fun adventure. The day of the year one usually looks forward to. But Joseph is not like everybody, and his 42nd birthday will be nothing like he ever imagined. It certainly began in a way he never wanted.     … Continue reading Joseph Turns 42: Witness An Unusual Birthday

When Jake (Tyler Pistorius) has a bad day, from what seems like one of several others, little does he expect the evening to end well unless his coffee is concocted with something stronger… Pistorius who plays him makes him hard to like, even harder to understand. He is reserved, temperamental and a man of few,… Continue reading A Missed Connection: A Rendezvous Of A Different Kind

In Tim Earnheart’s Nemesis, the ambitious and go-getter lot take centre stage. Set in the same universe as his earlier work, Ricochet (it is unclear if Nemesis takes place before or after the events of Ricochet), Nemesis‘s characters are confronted with the mysterious Institution from the previous film.   The question Nemesis tackles is very, very… Continue reading Nemesis: To Each Their Due

That he is undesirable to look at is known. That he gets the girl, in the end, is celebrated. And, that the curse is lifted gives us all the hope – that redemption can be sought, love can conquer it all and everyone deserves a second chance. So, what makes it so irresistible for us… Continue reading The Beast: A Retelling Of The Old Classic

Over Samia’s head hangs the sword of administrative removal. Two emotionless words. Matter of paperwork and procedure, files, suits, that must be it. But administrative removal is only deportation in bureaucracy-speak, and deportation conjures up images only of tragedy, in whatever shape, form or measure.  In Lauren Blackwell’s Métèque, privilege is questioned, again and again.… Continue reading Métèque: On Displacement, Immigrant Anxiety And Squeezing In Life Somewhere In Between

“Everyone sees the moments of glory, but no one sees behind the scenes” quotes Allyson Felix, but when a rube PA with unhealthy doses of enthusiasm, which might confuse him for a cocaine addict, an actress who is too attractive to let you pay attention to her talk, a director who would be the next… Continue reading Life On Set: A Sardonic Take On The Show Business

Historical racism against black people and anti-semitism are brought together on one plane in the form of holocaust survivor, Howard and young, black academic, Michonne. Gregory G. Allen’s 11-minute drama Reparations brings up raw topics, asks uncomfortable, conflicting questions, but above all, tries to retain its humanity and remind the world of its own.  Set… Continue reading Reparations: On Empathy And The Legitimacy Of Being