By Bailey Pennick Sometimes you just need to rip the Band-Aid off. Yes, it hurts like hell and, yes, it’s still going to leave that

By Katie Small To say viewers were in shock after the Midnight premiere of Speak No Evil might just be an understatement. Despite the late

by Katie Small Remaining flexible served Chloe Okuno well while making her first feature, Watcher. The director’s debut psychological thriller was six years in the

By Stephanie Ornelas  Addressing war and conflict, regardless of location in the world, is always a daunting task for filmmakers when addressing the affected people

by Bailey Pennick “First I might have to give a disclaimer that I might cry — and that we might all cry [right now] —

By Katie Small Master is a deeply disturbing, racially-charged, supernatural psychological thriller that is unnerving on multiple levels. It offers an unflinching, succinct reckoning with

by Katie Small  Hanna Bergholm’s Finnish coming-of-age film Hatching is a visceral combination of supernatural horror and grim satire that dissects emotional manipulation and mother-daughter

by Bailey Pennick When asked about how she first experienced I Love Lucy and its creators, Amy Poehler laughs as she tries to comprehend a

by Bailey Pennick When Lawren Desai moved back to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after a stint in Los Angeles, she realized that she didn’t need to

by Katie Small Motherhood and the immigrant experience are big themes in many of this year’s Festival selections, and Nanny delivers both. In the pre-recorded

By Bailey Pennick A simple knock on a door starts it all. While this is a semi-accurate way to describe the beginning of the intimate

by Bailey Pennick “Remember that this is a faith-based movie,” say Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, the directing duo behind one of the most

By Katie Small If you could travel back in time to any point within your own life — under what circumstances could you be persuaded