BUMP (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Prep for a series of chuckled thanks to Bump.
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).
Training Wheels (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this awkward comedy, a socially inept woman decides to call on an escort to help her understand what
Chilly & Milly (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this tearjerker, a son talks to his mom about the love of her life, his father.
Appendage (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this gross-out horror, our lead’s insecurities grow into an appendage hell-bent on destroying its host.
I Didn’t See You There (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I Didn’t See You There, in making the world the subject, not the potential person of interest, puts a lens on those who don’t realize their impact on another person’s life.
Girl Picture (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this coming-of-age tale, which takes place over three weeks, we watch 3 girls explore what it means to be loved or in love, to varying degrees of success.
Emily The Criminal (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Aubrey Plaza reminds of her versatility as she takes on a woman desperate to make money and avoid being exploited.
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What starts off as a comical mockumentary about a megachurch trying to make a comeback becomes a film that struggles to shift to a serious tone as it addresses what led to the downfall.
Am I OK? (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In depicting the awkwardness of coming out and exploring in your 30s, in this generation, Am I Ok? brings you a coming-out story far different than what we’re usually given.
Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this cautionary tale, we watch as a grown-ass man seduces a young girl who still has -teen in her age.
Babysitter (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
One nationally seen moment threatens to derail a family, but between an opportunistic brother and eccentric babysitter, maybe there is hope?
God’s Country (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
God’s Country is a reminder that, when in doubt, speak softly but carry something that puts an emphasis on your words.
Happening (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Happening, in its almost raw portrayal of what it was like to get an abortion outside of a medical office, is a clinch-worthy reminder of what life for women used to be in some places, and still is in others.
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future boils down to toxic family relationships that need to be acknowledged, addressed, and corrected, or else that toxicity will kill more than just family members.
Fresh (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Fresh is the kind of film which will make you double back on its description for you clearly weren’t paying attention when reading its synopsis.
Maika (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Maika is probably one of the most entertaining sci-fi action films, aimed at kids, I have either ever seen.
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande acts as a reminder that intimacy and vulnerability go well beyond sex and is really about allowing someone to know you beyond the physical.
Master (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Master for PWI may have the same effect that Get Out had on Black man/White woman relationships.
After Yang (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
When not paired with action, drama, or being an adventure, sci-fi is a tough sell, and After Yang shows why.
Emergency (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Emergency taps into that innate feeling many Black Americans have about getting involved with certain people who automatically lead to suspicion and the police.
Reasons (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The voice presented in Reasons pulls you between wanting a full-length movie focused on Mercy’s story and/or a series.
Prayers For The Stolen (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Prayers For The Stolen presents the fears involved when a lurking presence can, at any moment, rob you of your autonomy and joy.
Therapy (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Therapy is the kind of short that just starts getting good when it ends.
The Little Death (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Little Death chronicles the heartbreaking story of one couple trying to get pregnant and the test it presents for their marriage.
The Last Days (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite a rather interesting premise, The Last Days devolves into a simple poem that acts as a reminder of racial injustice for Black people in the UK.
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.
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.
The Harder They Fall (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Harder They Fall will remind you why westerns were once the most popular film genre and pushes Jeymes Samuel to potentially be this generation’s Quentin Tarintino.
The Novice (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I want you to imagine the intensity in Black Swan mixed with Whiplash, and in that volatile mix, you’ll get Isabelle Fuhrman in The Novice.
Under My Skin (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While Under My Skin may make you question “Where is this going” and “Why are four people playing one person?” you never get bored.
Stigma, Style (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
As a young girl comes of age, she finds herself idolizing one of her friend’s older sister.
