Tag: Running on Empty
Running on Empty (1988): River Phoenix’s Legacy is Immortalised in Family Drama
Alessandra Rangel June 11, 2021
It was only until this year that I saw for the first time Running on Empty. A family drama that is best known as the…
Genre Blast: Family Matters & the Ties that Bind
Steve Schweighofer May 6, 2018
If society can be considered the organism, the family is the structural adhesive that holds the cells of that organism together. As every organism is bombarded daily by threats and external pressures, the family is where these challenges are met and dealt with; problems are examined and the family unit adapts, and the organism evolves. Things can get dicey, however, when the adjustment that works for the family does not exactly jive with society’s expectations, and this makes for inimitable drama onscreen.