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Superboys of Malegaon (2025)
Dir. Reema Kagti
Based on the life of a real small town filmmaker, this coming-of-age film is a familiar underdog story. After their…
Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
Dir. Tracie Laymon
With the anonymity of the internet, it’s hard to trust that the stranger on the other side would be a…
Belén (2025)
Dir. Dolores Fonzi & Female director
Given that this is based on a recent, real life case, and the defendant has chosen to remain behind the…
Song Sung Blue (2025)
Dir. Craig Brewer
Song Sung Blue gets its name from a Neil Diamond song, but rather than depict his life in a regular…
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Dir. Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb
For the longest time, television seemed to be the antithesis to reading– part of that belief still lingers to this…
Blue Box
When a show is focused on a kid and their sport, chances are, the main character holds a passion for…
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
Dir. Ron Howard
It’s hard not to be enchanted by Henson’s furtively creative world, which here is charmingly sectioned into nostalgic archival footage,…
Conan O’Brien Must Go
In an interview, Conan compared Conan O’Brien Must Go to a travel documentary, except, he said, you don’t learn anything…
Fancy Dance (2024)
Dir. Erica Tremblay
Before she captivated the film world with her performance in Scorcese’s crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone…
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Dir. Joachim Rønning
Young Woman and the Sea is a neatly told, inspiring story about a woman who went against the tide to…
Out of My Mind (2024)
Dir. Amber Sealey
You’d think a Disney movie about a sweet kid overcoming the difficulties of cerebral palsy would be overly sweet or…
Orion and the Dark (2024)
Dir. Sean Charmatz
Going to sleep is something we do every day, though, when we were kids, it certainly wasn’t easy. With family-friendly…
Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)
Dir. David Furnish & R.J. Cutler
Elton John’s latest concert film follows the same structure as most current music documentaries: it splices present-day footage of the…
Doctor Slump
Even before the worldwide pandemic, the field of medicine isn’t anymore the straightforward profession it used to be. It’s still…
Beatles ’64 (2024)
Dir. David Tedeschi
The Beatles ‘64 zeroes in on a precise moment in The Beatles timeline: their American debut, which propelled them from…
The Last Round
Dir. Mariam Ahmady
At a certain age, it can feel like starting over again isn’t possible, especially when all signs discourage you from…
Turtles All the Way Down (2024)
Dir. Hannah Marks
Those familiar with John Green’s many book-to-movie adaptations (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) will recognize the author’s signature…
Me
Just when you think you’ve heard enough origin stories for a lifetime, in comes Me with probably the most poignant…
Everything Now
Messier than Heartstopper, but tamer than Skins, Everything Now has everything you’d expect from a British teen show. Sexuality, vices,…
Blue Giant (2023)
Dir. Yuzuru Tachikawa
2023 was a great year for animation with films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona, and The Boy and the…
Frog and Toad
For those familiar with the original book series, you’ll already know what kind of show to expect. The Apple+ cartoon…
Pokémon Concierge
Pokémon is one of the world’s most popular franchises, and it’s mainly centered around the idea of cute, colorful creatures…
Bank of Dave (2023)
Dir. Chris Foggin
Bank of Dave is a simple but well-told film that feels utterly satisfying from start to end. Dave is the…
The Saint of Second Chances (2023)
Dir. Jeff Malmberg & Morgan Neville
You don’t need to know a lot about baseball to appreciate The Saint of Second Chances. It has enough going…
Nothing to See Here
When a comedy is centered around people with disabilities, there’s a worry that the humor would be unfunny or demeaning…
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
In fantasy worlds, races with different lifespans are a given, but rarely does a work actually contemplate how these variations…
The Burial (2023)
Dir. Margaret Betts
Many people lament the decline of the mid-budget drama with Hollywood A-listers in the lead roles, and for good reason:…
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