Like many shows before it, Big Mouth has taken its second season as an opportunity to double-down on what the first season did and gives us more of everything. This season gives you more pre-teen mast…
Hotel Artemis Movie Review: Drew Pearce’s directorial debut is overstuffed but not totally awful
The day filmmaker Drew Pearce lifted the veil off his directorial debut — the coolly designed and extra-violent yet somehow still ungainly Hotel Artemis — he admitted he purposely tried to create “one…
52FilmsbyWomen 2018: Obvious Child [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 view…
Movie Review: Landline
Gillian Robespierre delighted audiences with her debut feature, Obvious Child, in 2014. With her co-writer, Elizabeth Holm, and her star, Jenny Slate, she created a pro-choice comedy that was both sha…
Tribeca Review: Aardvark
Starring the typically delightful Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto and John Hamm, Aardvark, directed by Brian Shoaf completely squanders their collective talents with a astoundingly dumb film. Despite any …
Movie Review: Gifted
Gifted is the kind of film that begins one way and ends in another. It sets itself up to be a good enough film; one about the pressures of upholding family legacy, the struggle of being different in a…
Finding Her Voice Episode Ten: Romance
Hello and welcome to TYF’s newest podcast series, Finding Her Voice. Joined by editor in chief Gabrielle Bondi and film and television writer AJ Caulfield, we’ve come together to highlight…