Coming of Age

Chop Cheese

By Bradley Gibson | June 2026

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST 2026 REVIEW! In her short film Chop Cheese, writer/director Sophia Meloni turns a favorite New York bodega sandwich…

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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST 2026 REVIEW! In her short film Chop Cheese, writer/director Sophia Meloni turns a favorite New York bodega sandwich...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2026 REVIEW! Set against the backdrop of 1979, Ali Marsh's short film Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age story about a little girl who...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2026 REVIEW! Captain Milo is a story of a child whose parents are there but not there. Milo (Austin Thomas) is ten years old and alone in...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2026 REVIEW! Tyler Cino Maradiaga's King of Games is a nine-minute drama in which what a child sees and what the adults around him are...

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CULVER CITY FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Olivia Jean Hamilton's The Closet takes a modern twist on the coming-out story, and don't ya know it, the toughest...

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NOW IN THEATERS! "Welcome back, Pixar." That's the feeling Toy Story 5 left me with, and a lot of it comes down to director Andrew Stanton trusting an...

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In the heart of Salt Lake City, two brothers—Taylor and Ethan Paur—have created something deliberately unconventional. Their debut feature film, By His...

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After returning from years in America, Jinwoo (Andy Koh) steps off a bus in Seoul carrying a heavy burden. He's Korean American, exempt from mandatory...

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Matthew Price's Bid is a short film about the distance between a parent's love and a child's need to be seen as something more than just their kid. It's a...

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After a freak accident leaves her speaking with a Bosnian accent, Kathy is suddenly seen as a stranger in her own world. What begins as an unfortunate...

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