Holiday Is Hard To Watch But Extremely Well-Made

CW: Discussions of Sexual assault follow

If you took a quick glimpse of Sascha (Victoria Carmen Sonne) basking in the sun in a fancy bikini on a lavish boat, you'd presume that she's living the ideal luxurious life. But Holiday makes it clear from the outset with a scene depicting one of her boyfriend's associated hitting her that her life is way more harrowing than that. Sascha is trapped in an abusive relationship with gangster Michael (Lai Yde) and writer/director Isabella Elkof is exploring her psyche and perspective during this relationship all throughout Holiday. This is not a story with a happy ending of a person escaping an abusive relationship, rather, it's a tale about the messy explanations for how and why the cycle of abuse continues onward.

Go On An Endlessly Charming Holiday With Katharine Hepburn And Cary Grant

Just like musicals, superhero movies, Muppet movies and documentaries about classic cinema legends, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant movies just make me ever so happy. Few actors have ever had such rich chemistry as these two, Grant and Hepburn just had such a natural rhythm together that made the sight of them doing something as simple as exchanging small-talk a riveting sight to behold. Best of all, their dynamics didn't leave Hepburn on the side as an object for Grant to covet, in the likes of The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby, Hepburn gets to go toe-to-toe with and even overpower Geant in their interactions, which is just perfect for a performer like Hepburn whose got spunk for days.