Laggies: Lynn Shelton’s Film Blends a Coming-of-Age Story With a Quarter-Life Crisis
Laggies is a fantastic movie, filled with down-to-earth characters, transcendent themes, and witty comedy

A group of women retreat to a secluded house, seeking a safe space to heal and process a shared traumatic event. Their attempt to reclaim a sense of normalcy is abruptly shattered when a group of men arrives unexpectedly, turning a night of recovery into a high-stakes standoff.
Laggies is a fantastic movie, filled with down-to-earth characters, transcendent themes, and witty comedy
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
'Barbarian' is horror infused with something ridiculous that makes the whole thing entertaining.
'The Menu' has a strong story. The 5 acts, which are defined by the courses, are an excellent subversion of the classic 5-act film structure.