8 Best Film Music Scores for Studying

Often, I will sit down at my desk and know that it’s crunch time. So I grab the coffee, play my favorite motion picture soundtracks, and buckle in for a long night. Without my Spotify play list of classical music,…

2016 Brooklyn Film Festival

With filmmaking and digital technology being so ubiquitous today, it becomes almost difficult to decide the difference between amateur stuff and real aspiring artists. Those budding filmmakers need not look further than the Brooklyn Film Festival, a festival founded in…

The Young Folks’ Best Movies of 2015

The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2015! 2015 was a wonderfully eclectic year in movies. We got two of the biggest movies ever: Jurassic World and…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Brooklyn’

This film shows a Brooklyn that’s unrecognizable to us except in a vague architectural structure, but whose every moment feels completely relatable and still culturally relevant. My mother came to the US as an immigrant when she was young. Listening…

Watch the Newest Trailer for Festival Darling Brooklyn

  Looking at a November 4th limited release date, John Crowley’s Brooklyn has already had a pretty phenomenal run. Premiering at Sundance back in January to warm reception and it’s gone on to wow throughout the fall festival circuit. With Saoirse Ronan…

2015 Brooklyn Film Festival Winners

In our last article, we went over the history and exciting things the Brooklyn Film Festival offers its contestants. And now it’s time to meet the films and the winners.  16MMONSTER: directed by Jacob Kindlon; a 12 minute short from…

TV Review: “Younger” Season Finale “The Old Ma’am and the C”

“Nothing gets you sober quicker than telling your boyfriend you’ve been lying about your age by fifteen years. “ Yep, I bet, Liza. She leaves the party and searches for Josh to try to explain the big atomic bomb she…