Film Festival

From the Montclair Film Festival in New Jersey, New York’s NewFest, Tribeca Film Festival, and Urban World Film Festival, to the famed Sundance Film Festival, here you’ll find our film festival coverage (which contains movies, shorts, and episodic content).

Sovereign (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary

Sovereign takes a news story and fleshes it out in such a way which feels more geared towards entertainment than taking the situation seriously.

Shorts

In We Are Kings, two boys use pirated discs to start a business in 2001, with the hopes it could make them some money, and maybe help one get a girl.

Oh, Hi! asks its audience, how far can its lead actress go, and you stay on her side?

Happy Birthday is a reminder that child actors can excel without high level trauma or being an accessory to an adult’s performance.

In “A Tree Fell In The Woods,” a group of friends try to navigate whether a secret coming out is worth blowing up their lives or should be ignored.

Ride or Die finds its greatest strength in Stella Everett’s performance, but it struggles to move beyond the appearance of sensationalism.

In Cold Light, while it sets up an intriguing film focused on an ex-con tempted with returning to their old ways, ends up leaving audiences cold.

In Honeyjoon, a mother and daughter try to figure out how and if they can connect without the man who used to bond them.

Esta Isla, a love letter to Puerto Rico, uses its character to showcase the island and treats them almost like subjects of a documentary.

Rosemead goes beyond giving Lucy Liu a rarefied role and highlights mental health in the Asian community as rarely seen.