In Rule One, Naomi Swann plays a game with a single demand: always be ready. Skye Blue holds Isiah in an unbreakable grip in It's Not Over. Vanessa Sky discovers a darker side to her late night hookup in The Next Morning. Alina Ali confides to her daredevil friend that she is still a virgin in Borderline.
Adapted from a 2014 novel by Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life is the feature film debut of documentary filmmaker Bing Liu. With the help of screenwriter Martyna Majok, he paints a realistic and somber portrayal of Aishe, a Uyghur immigrant, as she struggles to make a living while undocumented in the United States.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
Like many things, like animals and people, they always evolve. When the first humans walked the Earth, they originated from Africa and were all black.
Honey Don't! is a chaotic queer noir that's part detective story, part midnight movie madness. Margaret Qualley is fantastic as the wise-cracking private eye Honey, with Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans adding their own dry humor to the mix. The mystery itself is pretty loose, but the film makes up for it with crackling sexual tension, weird side characters, and razor-sharp dialogue. It's messy and uneven, but in the best possible way.
An enchanted school for young heroes and villains brings the battle between good and evil in this fantasy movie.
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.
