FILMS from AFAR

This lyrical meditation on life in a specific time and place relies on a subtle and expressive lead performance by Edgerton and majestic cinematography to craft a melancholy yet mystical tale. Train Dreams is reminiscent of an artful piece of historical fiction like Roma . There's no grand action to hook viewers, no predictable formula to follow. Instead, the film feels very much a literary adaptation, especially with its somewhat superfluous voice-over filling in narrative

Published November 2025

Published September 2025

Your partner has three friends: a college roommate he hasn’t called in a year, his brother, and you. Guess who’s carrying the weight? If this scenario sounds familiar, you might be “mankeeping.” When Mankeeping Gets a Name The term, coined last year by a pair of Stanford researchers , describes the social and emotional imbalances in many male-female relationships today. “I expected my kids to rely on me, but not so much my husband, for emotional support, encouragement, and co

This article was originally published by Provoked Magazine . "Try to image a life where you are owned or controlled by the men in your life." This opening line of the documentary Dear Ms. pulls viewers into a past reality that, for many women, isn’t so hard to imagine today. Rights we thought were assured—control over our bodies, our money, our choices—once again feel as flimsy as a page torn from a magazine. While 64 percent of Americans see feminism as empowering, nearly h

When there’s a sudden, unexpected gap in leadership, business operations can go haywire. Having a detailed succession plan is the blueprint to keep everything running smoothly. Imagine a scenario where the leader of your organization has stepped down without advance notice and nobody is ready to take their place. Or a similar situation: a company finds itself at a loss when an owner who kept his leadership expertise entirely to himself winds up in the hospital unexpectedly