52FilmsbyWomen 2018: Band Aid [Column]

Film writer AJ Caulfield has taken the #52FilmsbyWomen pledge, where she will watch one movie directed by a women per week throughout 2018. Here on The Young Folks, AJ reflects on the films she’s viewed — including female-directed classics and…

Zoe Lister-Jones talks about her first feature film Band Aid

Director Zoe Lister Jones has an enigmatic film on her hands with Band Aid, a comedy-drama hybrid that utilizes music in an inspired way. While the plot on first glance is familiar, studying the arrested development of a couple in…

Movie Review: Shimmer Lake

I wrote my first screenplay a few years back, having just discovered and fallen in love with filmmakers the likes of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers. The script was called “The Assistant” and told the story of the henchman…

TV Review: The Mindy Project 5×09 “The Bat Mitzvah”

As I mentioned last week, it’s nice that The Mindy Project has such a large recurring cast to pull from who can just stop by when the episode calls for it. That’s very much the case with tonight’s episode “Bat…

Movie Review: Joshy

There is, on the off set, nothing that separates Joshy from the many other films of it’s ilk that have come out in recent years. A group of friends travel and spend a weekend in a cabin in the woods, usually to…

Interview: Adam Pally for Dirty Grandpa

I sat down for a chat with funny guy Adam Pally to talk about his upcoming film Dirty Grandpa. Now, he doesn’t have many scenes in the movie, but he definitely had a lot to say. In our short time together,…

2015 Tribeca Film Festival: Slow Learners

Boy 1 and Girl 1 are work friends. Boy 1 can’t get date with Girl 2, 3, 4, etc. Girl 1 can’t get date with Boy 2, 3, 4, etc. Boy 1 and Girl 1 talk about their feelings. Boy…