Pools is refreshing and alive, and evokes the feeling of diving into the deep end of a swimming pool in the dog days of summer.

Queens of Drama is a bizarre love letter to the early-aughts and all their low-rise jeans, bubblegum pop, and media-obsessed glory.

The widespread loneliness epidemic that was born from the worldwide health pandemic is wreaking havoc on everyone, and Invention is one mesmerizing way of processing it.

The pursuit of anything is an uphill climb in the dead of summer with a fifty-pound backpack strapped to your shoulders. What you must decide, Do I Shock U Like Lightning argues, is what’s worth going up that hill for.

Stolen Kingdom is a madcap heist that involves an animatronic, an NBA player, and a theme park legacy that could be shattered at the drop of a Mickey Mouse hat.

Like the apartment it’s named after, Secret Mall Apartment is an epic feat of artistic creation, but one whose meaning remains murky to those who didn’t have a home in Providence Place.

Breakup Season is a hard dose of reality wrapped in a warm scarf.

“Life’s easier if you don’t resist,” says the Matron, but the friendship at the heart of the film rejects that. Life is easier if you do resist when you have people who share the same beliefs.

Even if you remove Pete and Helen’s political activism, Helen and the Bear is an entrancing documentary of the ways relationships morph as time goes by. 

Addy Daddy is fresh, yet plays with instantly recognizable human dreams and desires.

A Nice Indian Boy is tooth-achingly endearing and reminiscent of the best romantic comedies, where the chemistry is crackling, the jokes are flying, and the romance is swoonworthy.

Slanted is the escalation of insecurities to a point of no return, unless you’re willing to take matters into your own hands.

A post-SXSW round up of reviews for Odyssey, The Spies Among Us, and 40 Acres.

Together is a horror movie for the romantic in all of us.

If Logan Lucky is Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s 7/11,” then Black Bag is his “Ocean’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

Perhaps a little ramblin’ farm kid can save your soul if you let your guard down and see O’Dessa as the sincere, electrifying leap of faith it is. 

A taut psychological thriller with room for some fine-tuning, American Sweatshop urges its viewers to reconsider what it means to consume content.

The Monkey doesn’t know how to build a deeper foundation beneath its creepy monkey surface, but its mere existence will be a thrill to horror seekers everywhere.

Queen of the Ring is a powerhouse showcase for Bett Rickards, but one that spends a little too much time dancing around the ring.

Victorian Ladies is an utter delight, a throwback to the simpler, funnier days of YouTube.