Coming of Age

Hot Girl Summer

By Alan Ng | July 2026

Martina Plura’s Hot Girl Summer throws three lifelong best friends into one unforgettable summer. It’s messy, it’s awkward, and it crosses several…

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Martina Plura's Hot Girl Summer throws three lifelong best friends into one unforgettable summer. It's messy, it's awkward, and it crosses several lines of...

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Francesco Costabile's Familia follows a fragile family torn apart by one man's violence. It's a story about whether a cycle like that can ever actually...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Director Jon Erwin's Young Washington isn't interested in the George Washington printed on your dollar bill — it wants the...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2026 REVIEW! In writer/director Jordan Rowe's Hamilton House, being young, broke, and chasing the dream in New York City that keeps...

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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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