Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, later translated into English by author David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas), The Reason I Jump is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida's revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe.

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There is no sex in Georgian dance.

I recommend reading up on the lengths they went to just to make this film. it's inspiring to know how many people were a part of it and yet couldn't share their names out of fear. THE CHOREOGRAPHER is still anonymous and it's hard to wrap your head around that. This individual poured their SOUL into this dance and won't get any credit. cinema is a powerful art form and the fact that…

Heavily underrated Scorsese picture. Easily in my top five, criminally overlooked.

Each viewing packs a punch. It is such a heavy concept and that ending leaves you filled with dread. It’s so effective in its mystery and genuine detective jargon. DiCaprio knocks it out of the park, forever haunted by that ash filled scene.

A man with his world set ablaze as he holds onto it like water in his hands. Incapable of doing anything else but watching himself lose…