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’…
Movie Review: Wonderstruck
The thought of Todd Haynes directing a kids movie is, at first glance, inherently odd. Similar to Martin Scorsese tackling Hugo, the established filmmaker behind mature, dense, softly impressionable R…
Children of Men: 10 Year Anniversary
Children of Men is the dystopic study of societal collapse, revolts, terrorism, class structure and urban decay with its only through-line being the chaos stringing them together. However, the emergen…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Freeheld’
With the most recent monumental win for the GLBTQ+ community on the marriage equality front, this film depicts one couple’s struggle for equality. A struggle that has been shared by millions in …
TIFF Report #3 (Anomalisa, The Assassin, Maggie’s Plan)
Because of malnutrition, dehydration, sleep deprivation, poor hygiene but most influentially seeing way, way too many movies, I have been diagnosed with festival fog. Feeling as though there is an ine…
‘Freeheld’ Trailer with Julianne Moore and Ellen Page
Seems like Julianne Moore is looking forward to another Oscar next year! The first trailer for the upcoming drama film Freeheld was released this week, and I can tell you right now…Oscar Buzz. T…
The “Jurassic” Chronicles: A Look Back
With Jurassic World hitting theaters this weekend, some may not be familiar with its predecessors. Sure, Jurassic Park is one of the most popular and iconic movies of all time, but its sequels didn…