PILLION: Love is the Whole Point (Unless You Can’t Allow It …)
One demands power. One gives it up. That’s Ray and Colin in Harry Lighton's touching and sad film, Pillion. The emotional interplay between them gives us a window into anxieties at the heart of love. That is, when love can’t simply be the point. No, love is not simple for some people. It’s scary. Vulnerable. Insecure. And, sometimes, love is just not allowed …
TRAIN DREAMS: “Looking Over Your Shoulder” (For Loss)
No one ever told Robert Grainier what happened to his original parents in Train Dreams. But when you’re a 6-year-old alone on a train to somewhere unknown, that’s trauma. You spend your life looking over your shoulder, as if something horrible is about to happen. Because it already did.