Rotterdam 2026 Review: PROVIDENCE AND THE GUITAR Falls Silent on the 21st Century

Sundance 2026 Review: BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY, A 14-Year-Old Girl Assimilating the World Only Through the Other

Sundance 2026 Review: BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY, A 14-Year-Old Girl Assimilating the World Only Through the Other

“I want to become anyone except myself.” — Mary and Max What occupies the mind of a preadolescent girl at fourteen? For Sid Bookman (Ani Palmer), it is a liminal period marked by an unexamined sensitivity to changes in both body and psyche. New Zealand filmmaker Paloma Schneideman’s latest work, Big Girls Don’t Cry, offers an intimate, quietly piercing coming-of-age story that speaks to stirring curiosity and confusion in puberty. It is nothing less than a heartfelt reflection on the uneasy process of being a “qualified” grown-up. Living in a small town in New Zealand, Sid resides with her mellow older sister Adele (Tara Canton), a partygoer closely tied to a lively circle of friends. She forms a reliable bond with Tia (Ngataitangirua Hita), a…

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Chattanooga 2026: Film Festival Announces Fun Sized First Wave

Chattanooga 2026: Film Festival Announces Fun Sized First Wave

Almost a full half year before the start of the festival on June 18, the Chattanooga Film Festival has announced a “fun-sized first wave of films and events.” Now in its 13th year, the festival will celebrate that anniversary with a screening of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (which may or may not actually be more of a 40th anniversary celebration for the film) hosted by filmmakers and married couple Becca Howard and Joe Lynch. Howard and Lynch will also host a 45th anniversary screening of Heavy Metal and a live recording of their podcast A Couple of Old Fashionds. Alongside the live podcast recording, attendees on the ground in the festival’s namesake city can look forward to video artists Everything is Terrible’s…

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