All Forms of Art

  If a TV show can be both mesmerizing and agonizing to watch, The Handmaid’s Tale fits that description perfectly. Season 1 is a masterclass in storytelling, production quality, and emotional impact — but it’s not entertainment you consume lightly. It’s the kind of show that leaves you shaken, thinking about the world we live in long after the credits roll. An Uncomfortable Reflection of Today Set in the dystopian society of Gilead, The Handmaid’s Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's novel , imagines a theocratic dictatorship where women’s rights are stripped away in the name of morality and survival.  The frightening part is not just the fiction — it’s how familiar some of the themes feel. Watching, you can’t help but wonder: Are we heading toward a future like this? The show draws parallels to real-world issues: Public executions  are reminiscent of the hangings in countries like Iraq. Female genital mutilation , as seen in the storyline of Emily, played by...

  Netflix’s Titan: The OceanGate Disaster sets out to explore one of the most gripping and tragic technological failures in recent years, but instead delivers a surface-level narrative that feels more like a recap than a revelation.  With all the ingredients for a compelling, thought-provoking documentary — innovation, risk, tragedy, and human ambition — the final product fails to go deeper than the headlines we’ve already seen. A Story of Ambition — and Arrogance The central character of this documentary is Stockton Rush , the CEO of OceanGate , whose dream of pioneering deep-sea tourism ended in catastrophic failure. The film frames him as a man blinded by ambition, arrogance, and an unsettling disregard for safety standards.  While this character study could have provided a nuanced examination of human fallibility and exploration ethics, Titan instead relies on obvious conclusions and predictable tropes. There is little effort to explore the broader implications o...

  Some movies entertain. Some movies challenge. And then there are movies like The Whale , that just wreck you . Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser in what is probably the most heartbreaking performance of his career, The Whale is not easy to watch—but it’s impossible to forget. Based on a play by Samuel D. Hunter (who also wrote the screenplay), the film tells the story of Charlie, a reclusive English teacher who is slowly eating himself to death. Fraser’s performance won him a long-overdue Academy Award for Best Actor, and honestly, it’s no mystery why. His portrayal of Charlie is raw, compassionate, and almost unbearably human. You don’t just watch him—you feel every second of his pain, his hope, his denial, and his deep, desperate love for a daughter he hasn’t seen in years. A Story That Hurts to Watch This might be one of the saddest films I’ve ever seen. It’s not simply sad in a sentimental, tearjerker kind of way—it’s sad in a profoundly existenti...