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Image is from the film 'Always Shine' (2016). The film still shows Anna, now performing as Beth, in the middle of the frame. She’s looking right into the camera with her head tilted to one side, almost like she knows viewers are watching her performance. She’s biting on her thumb, reminiscent of an innocent child as she’s trying to mimic the body language of Beth. She looks nervous and timid. Anna is wearing Beth’s button-up romper suit with a flower pattern, with a light brown belt in the waist. In the background is a long desk visible – filled with miscellaneous objects including a globe and a cowboy hat all in a row – along with a big window showing the green nature of Big Sur.

Five Years Later: Sophia Takal’s ‘Always Shine’ (2016) and the Horror of Being Trapped in Performance

While film history contains many portrayals of backstabbing women on the verge of a breakdown, Always Shine offers the idea that the terrifying thing isn’t women themselves but rather the limiting roles society provides for them (along with the disastrous results they lead to).

Image from the film Happiest Season. Two women walk down a street covered in Christmas lights. One looks lovingly at the other.

REVIEW: ‘Happiest Season (2020)’ is a Fresh and Validating take on the Classic Christmas Rom-Com.

By: erinbaconn 7th Dec 20207th Dec 2020

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Happiest Season serves as a refreshingly honest and sensitive look into the pressures of the Christmas period, high family expectations, and the fear of letting them down by revealing long-hidden secrets.