Come Play (2020) vs Bicycle Thieves

Come Play (2020) is a supernatural horror film centered around a young boy who becomes obsessed with a mysterious smartphone game. The film utilizes the anxieties surrounding technology and isolation to create a genuinely unsettling experience. While the concept is somewhat familiar, the film's creative use of perspective and its exploration of parental fears make it a worthwhile watch.

Vittorio De Sicas 1948 film is the heart and soul of Italian Neorealism. Set in the ruins of post-WWII Rome, it tells the simple, heartbreaking story of a man whose bicycleessential for his jobis stolen. His desperate search with his young son serves as a devastating critique of a society that has abandoned its most vulnerable. The films power lies in its simplicity, its use of non-professional ac...