'The Slumber Party' (2023)
This coming-of-age movie is about a group of girl trying to find their missing friend after a wild night none of them can remember.

In her first long-form special, Logan Guntzelman takes the audience through the highs and (mostly) lows of pandemic dating apps, a recent move in with her boyfriend and the roommate that came along. Filmed at The Limelight Theater in Atlanta, GA Logan also shares some of her recent reality TV favorites, upgrades in male health care and what knowledge can be acquired from staying up all nite.
This coming-of-age movie is about a group of girl trying to find their missing friend after a wild night none of them can remember.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
As a frequent “the book was better” extoller, this movie was well worth the watch.
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
This list was made with the intention of celebrating comedic craft and a love of seeing more women of colour and newcomers on the scene.