A heartwarming anime-inspired short film, 'Squeaky Shoes That Chase Lost Souls', explores teenage turmoil through the lives of two teenage boys. The film features debut actors Sarthak Gambhir and Arihant Nayak, who portray the roles of two polar opposites who form an instant connection despite their contrasting personalities. The film delves into themes of emotional disconnection, self-discovery, and the complexities …
In much the way you’re never really prepared for the bursts of violence and abuse in the Icelandic drama “Beautiful Beings,” about a quartet of wayward teenage boys from broken homes, you’re also shocked by their moments of tenderness toward each other, like the strange flower nestled in cracked pavement that both beautifies and intensifies its unlikely location. An often …
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who loves “My So-Called Life,” “Freaks and Geeks” and “Reservation Dogs.” Those are the three TV series about adolescence to which TV critic Robert Lloyd favorably compares Amazon Freevee’s “High School,” premiering Friday, in his recommendation this week. —Justin Chang Based on the 2019 bunk-bed memoir by Canadian identical-twin singing sisters Tegan …
A beautifully-animated, funny, warm-hearted, inclusive movie, Turning Red is the first Pixar film to be directed by a woman,. When Ming sees Meilin in her panda avatar after embarrassing her in school, she tells her daughter of the family’s mystical connection to the red panda. Turning Red Director: Domee Shi Voice cast: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, …