Hindsight is 20/20. Perhaps this is why so many set their eyes upon the past, as a way to move forward. Because of its clarity, it provides some sort of certainty in living life. This is especially keen when the past feels much better than the present life. This is the mutually shared feeling between the three lead characters in Safety Not Guaranteed. From the onset, the female protagonist....

Let’s talk about sex. Let’s talk about sex in the 21st century, in the catacombs of cultural decline of what was vigorously constructed by the ancestors of the west that birthed the most sophisticated idealism and ratiocination of the transcendent known to man. After all, when Eastern Gurus have an infection they yield to the marvels of the West. And when a Chinese person is hungry, he thinks....

Our Idiot Brother makes an interesting stab at trying to portray an imbecile who means well. The film by necessity has to walk the difficult line of exhibiting an idiot who can also hold conversations with people. Is it plausible that he can have deep introspective conversations with other people, yet have short-circuited reasoning abilities? How does his mind work exactly?   But the....