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…
15 Terrible Christmas Songs
Now that the holiday season has officially started, this means that holiday music officially gets kicked in gear. Radio stations, shopping malls, and television commercials start playing “Deck the Halls,” “Jingle Bells,” and other music of that sort. But for…
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: Band Aid
Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, Band Aid revolves around Anna (Lister Jones) and Ben (Adam Pally), a couple who believes in bottling up their emotions rather than communicating. Anna is a writer who had a book deal fall through, and Ben…