Thursday Movie Picks: Intersecting Stories

Hello there, it's time for another episode of Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.

This week's topic is one of my favourites, intersecting stories. I loved puzzles growing up, and this kind of films are not so different from puzzles. They fascinate me for the unexpected turns they may take, I don't know, they are just beautiful to me. Let's get started, shall well?

Babel (2006)

In Morocco, a kid tests a rifle and shoots an American woman on a vacation with her husband. This incident will have consequences in other country, and other people's lives. Iñárritu's final piece of the Death Trilogy, Babel is a beautiful drama about loneliness generated by cultural, geographical and psychological boundaries.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Don't you really know what this film is about? Okay, this is what happens: a couple decides to rob a coffee shop; two hitmen must recover a briefcase from their employer, a mob boss; one of the hitmen has to take out the boss's wife; a boxer is paid by said boss to lose. (Un)Luckily the lives of these criminals meet and here you go, one of the best movies ever! Seriously, Pulp Fiction is just perfect. The soundtrack, the humour, the violence, and all those connections with Reservoir Dogs. And Samuel L. Jackson of course.

Little Pieces (2014)

First film from Adam Nelson, Little Pieces is a brilliant and emotional drama that revolves around Michael and Eric, two young men on a collision course with the world around them. The film challenges your intellect and keeps you wondering for the whole time, and brings independent cinema to a whole new level.