Female Film Critics 24/375
Drunk Bus gives us a front row view of the unlikely friendship between outcasts Michael and Pineapple, who bond while working the late-night shift shit show college campus shuttle, affectionately known as the “drunk bus.” Together, they learn what a path of poor decisions leads to and how you can turn it around on sheer will and determination.
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Clemency will leave you asking can one find hope in other people’s decisions and are men in prison simply invisible because people refuse to see them? This is one of the best films released in 2019 and I am most proud to declare it was written and directed by a woman of color…Chinonye Chuckwu.
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Luce will disturb audiences well after the credits have rolled. There are so many issues being played out in the form of social acceptance and pressure, racism, entitlement and what face the truth takes. At the end of the day, we’re left with questions about the pressures one encounters simply by being a human navigating in this world that moves at warp speed.
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Images of a tiny embryo stored in a jar of formaldehyde contrasted with footage of marching Chinese soldiers set the stage for a documentary that clearly addresses issues between the miracle of life and the government’s attempt to control the population growth are hauntingly powerful.
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