Leading up to the launch of Avengers: Infinity War on April 27, television and film writer AJ Caulfield, The Young Folks’ Film Editor Allyson Johnson, and The Young Folks’ Television Editor Mae Abdulbaki joined forces for a three-part Marvel series…
6 Balloons Review: Dave Franco, Abbi Jacobson bend and break in imperfect, impactful drama
To love an addict is to know uncertainty, to get cozy with difficulty. Hell, to love an addict is to understand that love can’t catalyze recovery, and neither an abundance nor a scarcity of it will alter your adored’s chances…
Lean On Pete Movie Review: Andrew Haigh spins a beautiful and tragic coming of age tale
What tremendous lengths we go to in order to combat the impending sense of loneliness. That lingering sense of empty space along with the mechanisms of a coming of age story round out director Andrew Haigh’s latest feature film. Introspective,…
I Lived Part of Unsane: Separating Fact from Fiction in Steven Soderbergh’s latest
Trigger Warning: This post contains language about depression and suicide that some may find upsetting [Mild Spoilers About Unsane Ahead] I never had a used tampon thrown at me, but I do remember the paper cups of shit. Not that…
Outside In Movie Review: Edie Falco shines in Lynn Shelton’s latest
Lynn Shelton’s Outside In stars Jay Duplass as Chris, a newly-paroled ex-con who struggles to reintegrate himself into society after 20 years in prison. He’s in love with his former high-school teacher, Carol (Edie Falco), his biggest advocate throughout his…
Love After Love is a painfully honest look at loss and grief
Like its last rattle, death lingers. Grief prescribes no easy to follow manual in how someone deals with the loss of a loved one, especially when that someone was the glue that held so much of a family together. Without…
The Leisure Seeker Movie Review
Elderly narratives are a genre unto themselves, with a formula all their own. Italian director Paolo Virzi’s English-language debut, The Leisure Seeker, is perfectly suited to appeal to the over-60 set with its sweetly told story of two elderly people…