Alien: Covenant’s major theme is about the relationship between creators and their creations. As David says, near the end of the film, pretending to be Walter, “I think if we are kind, it will be a kind world.” There’s an unspoken corollary there: if we are unkind, it will be an unkind world.
What is Alien: Romulus about?
Alien: Romulus is about the difficulty in leaving the life you’ve known for something new. Whether that’s leaving a third...
Cuckoo is a very strange coming of age story, where the 17-year-old Gretchen has to confront her grief over her mom’s passing as well as the difficulty in accepting her father’s new family and her place in it. She views her half-sister, Alma, as an intruder, while also feeling like one herself.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey about?
2001: A Space Odyssey isn’t as complicated as it seems. The film is about humanity’s relationship with technology...
What is Abigail about?
Abigail is mostly a fun, comedic horror-thriller but it does have a deeper commentary about parents being present for their children...
What is Fight Club about?
Pressure creates stress. Stress evolves into anxiety. Anxiety triggers paralysis. Paralysis causes stagnation. Stagnation gives way to yearning. Yearning begets...
What is The Zone of Interest about?
The Zone of Interest uses a family’s extreme proximity to the Auschwitz concentration camp to explore our capacity...
What is Poor Things about?
Poor Things is, like most Yorgos films, strange. But also mostly straightforward. Bella’s child-like perspective of the world allows the...
The “hollywood dream” subgenre has some amazing movies that are legendary. Except they’re all almost entirely sad. Mulholland Drive, Sunset Boulevard, Sullivan’s Travels, Birdman,...
