Luv U Cuz (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
With an FX/ Adult Swim vibe, Luv U Cuz might be one of the strangest animated shorts out of NewFest but might be one of the most memorable things we’ve seen overall.
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).
Noor & Layla (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
A chance encounter leads to an unexpected relationship as faith creates an instant bond, but what’s to happen once the fun is over?
Car Therapy: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Uncoupling” – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
As we mourn the end of Insecure, Car Therapy: Uncoupling reminds you of the show’s origins.
Pink & Blue (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
A couple learns they are pregnant and deals with the difficulty of maintaining a non-binary ideal in a world that doesn’t honor that.
Girls & The Party (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
There is a level of intimacy in our daily lives that we take for granted, but things are slowed down in Girls & The Party, and what usually is a forgettable series of moments are embraced.
More Happiness (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
More Happiness is a bit strange and doesn’t really venture to demystify itself.
The First Time (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The First Time gives you webcomic-turned short web series vibes, but it is not long enough.
Spencer (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While at times excruciatingly dull, Kristen Stewart’s transformation, paired with the psychological aspect of being a public figure who is isolated and controlled, saves Spencer.
Carino (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this three-minute short, we get an innocent and adorable showing of the lengths someone will go through for a crush.
All Boys Aren’t Blue (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Throw three monologues, we recount how a young man named Matthew found strength in community, through his Grandmother and eventually, himself.
