Middleburg Review: ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’İlker Çatak's Searing Classroom Drama Hits Upon Current Educational Woes
The inciting incident has already happened when The Teachers’ Lounge begins. Taking place at a German middle school, we first meet sixth-grade teacher Carla...
Middleburg Review: ‘The Persian Version’Maryam Keshavarz’s Festival Breakout Is A Generational Crowd-Pleaser
Based on elements of director Maryam Keshavarz’s own life, The Persian Version is a crowd-pleaser. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award,...
Middleburg Review: ‘Frybread Face And Me’Taika Waititi Produced Coming Of Age Story Is A...
In the semi-biographical coming-of-age film, Frybread Face and Me, a young man encounters the different generations of women in his family. Obsessed with pop...
Review: ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’A Fractured Marriage Is On Trial In Justine Triet’s Palme...
It's in Anatomy of a Fall’s second scene when the titular fall happens. Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner), a visually impaired boy returns home from a...
Middleburg Review: ‘Priscilla’Sofia Coppola's Sleek Yet Grounded Take On Priscilla Presley's Life Doesn't Sing...
Sofia Coppola has made a career out of cinematically capturing young women on the precipice of adulthood. We saw it in The Virgin Suicides,...
Review: ‘Reality Winner’Documentarian Sonia Kennebeck Shines A Compelling Light On The Convicted Veteran
“I think ‘naive’ as a word to describe me feels a lot better than ‘idiot’ but both equally apply.” Former military veteran Reality Winner...
Review: ‘Story Ave’Luis Guzmán Gets The Role Of His Career In This Coming Of...
Veteran character actor Luis Guzmán has always been underrated. In the last two years, he stole scenes in Peacock’s The Resort and Poker Face...
Review: ‘Cat Person’Emilia Jones And Nicholas Braun Play A Mismatched Couple In Susanna Fogel's...
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our 2023 Sundance Film Festival coverage.*
In 2017, writer Kristen Roupenian published a short story in the New...
Review: ‘My Sailor, My Love’A Daughter Grapples With Her Elderly Father's New Relationship In...
In Finnish director Klaus Härö’s English debut, a man’s past and future collide with the arrival of a new housekeeper. Exploring redeeming love and...
Review: ‘A Million Miles Away’Michael Peña Heads To Space In An Inspiring Biopic
Who better to go to space than a migrant farm worker raised by immigrant parents? This question is at the heart of Amazon’s newest...