I connected with Letter to a Pig at a depth I have with very few films. I found the mature moral universe it presents so immediately resonant, and so timely, that it moved me to tears when I first saw it. It’s my favorite nominee for any category at this year’s Oscars.

This film is not directly about the oppression of Palestinians or the senseless ongoing slaughter of the people of Gaza, but it is about themes highly relevant to…

I don't think I've ever seen a movie where my opinion of it changed so suddenly and dramatically right towards the end.

This movie reminded me of those random pieces of internet fiction that are amateurish and have big objective problems and yet are able to transcend those problems by being so personally evocative. It has some truly excellent elements, and part of me wants to see those elements extracted from the clunky film they're in and realized to their…