When the Multiverse Looks Suspiciously Like Motherhood Some films entertain you. Some films gently ruin you. And then there’s Everything Everywhere All at Once—a chaotic, tender, existential circus that looks like an identity crisis wearing googly eyes.It follows Evelyn Wang, an overworked laundromat owner who discovers she is the worst version of herself in the…
When Fantasy Is the Only Safe Place to Tell the Truth Some stories don’t ask permission to haunt you—they simply move in, rearrange the furniture, and leave their muddy boots by the door. Pan’s Labyrinth is one of those stories. Set in post–Civil War Spain, the film follows Ofelia, a girl who retreats into a…