Coming of Age

Lucia and Nicole

By Alan Ng | February 2026

Writer-director Marlene Emilia Rios keeps things intimate and immediate in Lucia & Nicole. The short drama zeroes in on how one unexpected…

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Writer-director Marlene Emilia Rios keeps things intimate and immediate in Lucia & Nicole. The short drama zeroes in on how one unexpected encounter...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Makato Nagahisa writes and directs Burn. The dramatic feature follows Ju-Ju (Nana Mori), a teenage girl in Tokyo with a...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Writer-director Paloma Schneideman is a graduate of Academy Award-winning Jane Campion's "A Wave In the Ocean" film...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Co-writers and co-directors Andy and Carolyn London's 1981 drops you into a memory that feels too specific to be...

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31 Candles opens with a flashback to an AOL chat between the protagonist, Leo (writer, director, and star Jonah Feingold), and his crush in summer camp,...

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DANCES WITH FILM NEW YORK 2026 REVIEW! The vibes are wholesome and the masculinity non-toxic in writer-director-star Zach Schnitzer's Loafers, an ensemble...

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Director Richard Yeagley's documentary short, In Need of Seawater, is an autobiographical piece about the contemporary poet Mark Anthony Thomas. The...

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At its core, Come Closer is an unexpected reality check in a coming-of-age story about handling loss. Israeli writer-director Tom Nesher's debut...

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There is going to be a long line at the mashed potato table because it's that kind of party in the intoxicated teen Christmas film The Party, directed by...

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Writer-director Kris McMenamin's feature film Misfits is a Christmas coming-of-age story of sorts, following six friends dating back to 2007. Ryan...

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