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).

Mei (Chacha Huang) watching the chaos of her fellow travelers beginning to bicker with one another

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

Night Breakers (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In a seemingly post-apocalyptic world, the surface has soldiers who may kill people, and shadows have monsters. Let’s see if this group can get to their destination alive.

Becca (Jess Adams) and Delaney (Skylar Benton) with their heads next to one another

Movies | Negative (Acquired Taste)

Girls Night In (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In this silly horror short, two girls questions if the man who seemingly wants to kill them might be cute under his mask?

Anthea (Millicent Simmonds) watching Billie's intiation

Movies

Bumblebees (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

It’s initiation night for the Bumblebees, and bets are on whether the new recruit can do what’s required.

Jaime (Anwen O'Driscoll) and Marike (June Laporte) embrassing each other

Movies

You Can Live Forever (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In “You Can Live Forever,” faith conflicts with sexuality as a Jehovah’s Witness girl falls for another girl who is by no means questioning their sexuality.

Max (John Cho) and Wally (Mia Isaac) as Wally is practicing driving

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

Don’t Make Me Go (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

What could work as a lovely coming-of-age film focused on a father/daughter relationship ends with a rather unnecessary twist.

Andrew (Cooper Raiff) and Domino (Dakota Johnson) talking before she takes a shower

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing) | Recommended (Movies)

Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Cha Cha Real Smooth” is an undisputable reason to dust off your Apple TV+ account or start a free trial.

Momma (Torin Ashtun) with her earrings shining bright, as she does someone's hair

Shorts | Positive (Worth Seeing) | Recommended (Movies)

Hoop Dreams (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In perhaps the cutest short you’ll ever see, we watch a little girl idolize her mother’s hoop earrings and question what powers they hold.

Aleida (Svet Mena) and Humberto (Enrique Araoz) reading Aleida's mom's diary

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

The Visitor (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

The path to redemption has always been without explicit details, and for Humberto, he seems to feel his daughter’s life depends on him regaining his footing.