Homemade

Funny, strange, moving, and heartfelt, a collection of 17 short films by various filmmakers was always going to be hit-and-miss. But 'Homemade' is a proof cinema continues to adapt to changing times and brings us possibilities we overlooked. Top of the class: Paolo Sorrentino, Rachel Morrison, Pablo Larraín, Sebastián Lelio, and Ana Lily Amirpour.

I enjoyed some of the series episodes and the creativity that was displayed. That being said, I only liked seven of the episodes in total.

The ones that I did like were all able to explore how Covid-19 is impacting people all over the world. This documentary series is a reminder that everyone around the world is going through this crisis. We all feel lonely, sad and yearn for past activities that are no longer. I know that I have not yet been deeply impacted by Covid-19, but there are millions, if not billions, of people around the globe who have through the loss of a family member or job.

My hope is that people can watch this series and recognize the beauty in our similarities rather than our differences. I highly suggest to watch the show. I found it to be incredibly creative and I hope you do as well!!!

Episodes that I liked: Paolo Sorrentino, Pablo Larraín, Lungano Nyoni, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Johnny Ma, Gurinder Chada and Ana Lily Aminpour.

Reading the description, I expected to be boring but it was worse then I thought. It's not even that creative ...

There had to have been a selection process to get to the films featured. After watching all 17, I can't help but think there are better films that were left on the shelf.

For what it's worth, the good ones: 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13. With #4 as my favorite.

Right. So, a bunch of privileged people whine about feeling slightly less privileged because they're, um, kinda bored? A man takes an ironic Tinder selfie and "drama" ensues. A mother laments the longterm trauma her son will face having to spend days at home, playing, sometimes learning, with an endless supply of ice cream.

Really powerful stuff. Such artistry. And not condescending in the least. These poetic ruminations of the tedium of life during the tragedy of a global pandemic really make you think, "fine, I guess I'll finish Merlin".

Yeah.