Strong Directing Choices Make for a Clear Message: Force Majeure

Swedish writer and director, Ruben Ostlund, makes a statement about the societal norms and expectations of the nuclear family in his black dramedy Force Majeure (2014). The film focuses on a seemingly perfect swiss family ski vacation, until an avalanche poses a threat to the family and the father flees the scene to save himself.…

Arabs & Muslims in Cinema

At last year’s Oscars, race was a hot topic. The media always discusses black and white, but fails to confront one of the biggest issues of underrepresentation in today’s society, Muslims and Arabs. For one, it is important to point out that these two terms are not synonymous. However, in today’s television and movies, these…