2021

Fear of Rain Movie 2021

Fear of Rain Movie Review (2021) | A Schizophrenic Teen Finds a Mystery

Movie depictions of mental illness don’t often come with much accuracy, let alone sensitivity. Fear of Rain does a solid job of creating a suspenseful atmosphere with its protagonist, Rain, who suffers from schizophrenia, while also drawing attention to the stigmas that surround people with such disorders.  Despite its occasional clumsiness and reliance on cliches, …

The Dig 2021

The Dig Movie Review (2021): A Film That’s Poignant and Engaging

The Dig (2021) slips us inside the archaeologist’s mind and elegantly converges past and present. Graceful imagery of the English countryside adorns the film; a romance grows while another is severed before it sprouts, and archaeology becomes about more than artifacts in and of themselves. The film successfully connects the distant past to the individual …