Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: An Exhibiting Forgiveness Review

It’s difficult to see the bigger picture from inside of the frame. Exhibiting Forgiveness, Titus Kaphar’s brilliant work of difficult truths creates a cutout of shared emotional burdens for audiences to insert themselves into— it pulls back the rug on all of the familial things we thought we healed from, reminding us that healing isn’t linear. Exhibiting Forgiveness is a thoughtfully scripted and delicately executed vision of shared emotional experiences where the through line runs across a range of emotions that make perfect sense and no sense simultaneously.

Film ReviewKimolee ErynOctober 27, 2024Film, Film Review, Exhibiting ForgivenessComment

A Single Mass: An Origin Review

The delicate coating of truths outlined in Origin, Director Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, gives life to the notion that “race is not where the line is drawn.” Wilkerson’s work weaves together the atrocities imposed on Jews at the hand of Nazi Germany, the plight of India’s Dalit, and the lives of descendants of Africa in America in a way that we’ve never seen done before. DuVernay gives visual life to these truths that we’ve all known, in a way that will be branded in our hearts and minds forever.

Film ReviewKimolee ErynMarch 24, 2024Origin, Film, Film Review, Ava DuVernayComment

Eve of war: A Ferrari Film Review

The vintage of Italy meets the vintage of history in Ferrari. The story of Enzo Ferrari unfolds under the direction of Michael Mann and takes audiences behind the scenes of the glory of what the Ferrari brand has been, by way of what it has suffered.

Film ReviewKimolee ErynDecember 29, 2023Film, film review, FerrariComment

My Gift to You: A Brother Review

The shadows have received a reputation as an undesirable place to be. We want only what the light touches. It’s only in those moments when we stand toe to toe with an enemy, a fear, or the uncertainties of life and big brother’s shadow envelopes us, stepping up to take on all that we can’t, that the shadows signify peace and rest. What happens when Big Brother goes where you can’t follow? What happens when Big Brother’s shadow is no more?

Film ReviewKimolee ErynOctober 8, 2023Film, film review, netflix, BrotherComment

I'm Not Touching You - A "No Hard Feelings' Review

"The one true error in the [Me Too] movement was all of the women who weren’t called to the carpet for their crimes because young men are socialized to wear attention from older women as a badge pinned to the sash of their manhood."

Film ReviewKimolee ErynJuly 10, 2023Cinema, Film, Movie Review, Box OfficeComment