Embryonic dormancy Seeds take time to burst out of their coats, push off the overlying soil on top, and be christened as the plant they ought out to be. Binhi (The Seed) takes your patience to establish its suspense through slightly jittery long-take tracking shots, which unfortunately frequently end with
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T’yanak
Of the plethora of think-pieces that John Carpenter’s Halloween has inspired over the decades, one thought remains most astute of the masked killer Michael Myers. He is not the predator, nature is—because it has allowed his existence, this err. The scene towards the film’s end perfectly illustrates my point: Myers,
K’na, the Dreamweaver
“When Kana, a young T’boli woman, becomes a dreamweaver, she has the chance to weave together her village’s warring clans. But, will she give up true love to do so?”