Josephine (2026) – Review and Summary (Sundance)
Josephine is a heavy film in which its child lead actress, Mason Reeves, surprisingly carries the load well.
Recommended (Movies)
Some of the best-seen movies we have ever watched and mentioned to friends, family, and strangers as films that need to be seen.
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Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think You Might Fail – Review and Summary
While most focus on the physical transformation trans people go through, the mental and emotional gets displayed in this short.
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Blue Violet – Review and Summary
Love makes a person do crazy things.
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Dandelion – Review and Summary
A young woman in foster care tries the patience of an adult trying to find her somewhere to live, even if just to her 18th birthday.
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Eleanor The Great – Review and Summary
Eleanor The Great lives up to its name through June Squibb shouldering both the emotional weight and humor.
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I’m Your Venus (2025) Movie Review & Summary
I’m Your Venus, in focusing on Paris Is Burning star, Venus Pellagatti Xtravaganza, acts as a companion piece to get to know the legendary figure better and gain a three-dimensional version of her story.
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Outerlands (Newfest Pride 2025) Review & Summary
Otherlands explores the quiet ache of loneliness and the emotional risk of seeking connection, through a deeply human story about chosen family and unspoken longing.
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Happy Birthday (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary
Happy Birthday is a reminder that child actors can excel without high level trauma or being an accessory to an adult’s performance.
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Pinch (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary
Pinch explores the continued struggles women face in being believed when men, often assumed to be the good ones, behave badly.
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A Second Life (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary
A Second Life, through the gentle performances of Agathe Rousselle and Alex Lawther, may cause the type of tears that don’t come like a gut punch but from feeling allowed and safe to do so.
