road trip

Come Closer

By Sabina Dana Plasse | January 2026

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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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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A father-daughter road film, writer-director Stephen Ward's Dust to Malibu, examines the dangers and significance of connection, life's challenges, and the...

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The Golden Boys is your typical road trip/buddy comedy, but it's also an independent feature made for under $700. Produced by brothers Peter and Anthony...

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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Stories about friendships are hard to pull off without giving off a heavy Lifetime or Hallmark vibe. Nicole Rodenburg...

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SFFILM FEST 2022 REVIEW! An astounding feature debut from Iranian writer-director Panah Panahi, the road trip drama Hit the Road brims with the confidence...

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Penelope Lawson's 1 Night In San Diego may not exactly transcend the road trip genre, but she manages to bring a great deal of fun and originality to an...

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NEW IN THEATERS! When life gets you down, where do you go? What do you do? You empty out your secret stash of $100 bills, hit the road, and race toward...

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At the intersection of grief, faith, punk-rock music, and finding one's voice lives the imperfect but very engaging I Am That. Written and directed by Joy...

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Elliot (Will Dennis) is the next Jeff Bezos, and Kimmie (Kelsea Bauman-Murphy) is the next Wanda Sykes—at least in their own minds. Vanilla finds these...

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Who doesn’t love a good road movie? Director Richard Wong and writer Erik Linthorst’s Come As You Are is probably one of the more original road-trip...

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