Author Alysha Prasad

“As long as someone’s alive, there is always hope.” During the Cold War in 1962, Taiwan was under martial law, where those who subverted the government by speaking out about freedom or reading banned...

By now, everyone has surely seen Pepe the Frog at least once, whether it be whilst scrolling innocently through the web or even stumbling upon it on the news or late night talk shows. What most people aren’t...

The very idea that human beings may one day be rendered obsolete by improving technology is a hard concept to swallow. Sofian Khan’s short film, Doppelbänger, transports us into the future, where there...

What’s scarier than a satanic cult? A men’s rights group. Mariel Sharp and Kaye Adelaide, directors and producers, present Don’t Text Back, a horror short made by a group of women and LGBTQ+ artists....

No one who was a part of the first Evil Dead film could have imagined that it would turn into the franchise it is today, nor that the popularity of the films would just continue to grow over time. Steve...

Kana Yamada’s directorial debut, Life: Untitled, begins with a jarring opening where the viewer is addressed directly by a young woman standing there without a shirt, and is asked, “is my life worth...

What do you do if you can’t tell if you’re awake or still stuck in a dream? Michael Venus’ never-ending nightmare, Sleep (Schlaf), opens with Marlene (Sandra Hüller), a woman who suffers from horrible...

The tone of Lars Damoiseaux’s Yummy is set when it begins with a bus full of men looking out the window to stare at a woman’s breasts in the car beside them. This objectification of women carries on...

Summerland, from writer-director Jessica Swale, is a period drama that focuses on Alice (Gemma Arterton), a reclusive writer living on her own who spends her days researching, endlessly working away at her...

The implications of sex have never been the same for men as they are for women, and this hypocrisy is shown on full display in Josephine Mackerras’s Alice, shining a much needed light on the harsh...

Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew shine in David Freyne’s new LGBTQ+ coming-of-age film, Dating Amber. Taking place in Ireland in 1995, two closeted teens, Eddie (O’Shea) and Amber (Petticrew), are...

Grímur Hákonarson’s The County (Héraðið) stars Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir as Inga, a woman who works with her husband, Friðgeir (Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson), on their dairy farm in Iceland. When a...

The Wretched is an indie horror from writer-directors Brett and Drew T. Pierce that dives into the supernatural events that take place during a summer. Set in a picturesque coastal town, rebellious teenager,...

Greg Barker’s biographical drama Sergio is based on the true story of Brazilian United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello. The timeline in Sergio weaves together a dire story of Vieira de Mello...

In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. Here, Alysha catches up on Misery. Kathy Bates gives her all in this 1990 psychological horror, Misery, from...