Why is it sometimes so hard to let go of a relationship from our past? A reflection on love, memory, and the tendency to romanticize what we’ve lost, through the lens of Past Lives (2023).

Friendship doesn’t stay the same as life changes. Through Life Partners (2014), this post explores growing apart, grieving change, and finding our way back to the friendships that matter most to us.

A look at coping with a breakup through Someone Great (2019) — why some endings devastate, others bring relief, and why the emotional impact always matters.

What The Lovebirds gets right about long-term relationships is that conflict, bickering, and changing needs don’t mean something is wrong — they mean you’re human and in relationship. A reflection on what it really takes to keep choosing each other over time.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople challenges the idea that you must love yourself before you can be loved. Through Ricky, Hec, and Bella, the film shows how being loved, exactly as we are, can teach us we’re worthy of love long before we believe it ourselves. Sometimes love reaches us first.

November is Native American Heritage Month, and I’m reflecting on Prey (2022)—a fresh take on the Predator franchise featuring a Comanche heroine and her brother, Taabe. Beyond the alien hunt, Prey offers a powerful look at sibling love, rivalry, and the tension between being seen and being outshined