A bored Sicilian teenager floats through adolescence until a new friendship offers an unexpected connection and a glimpse beyond his aimless existence.
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‘Ketticè’ Locarno Review: Coming-of-Age in a Cloud of Smoke
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‘The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer’ Locarno Review: Friendship, Time, and the Lives We Imagine
Over 25 years, two cousins grow up before the camera, their shared dreams confronting reality as time reshapes their friendship and the world around them.
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‘The Last House’ Netflix Review: A Sealed House, A World Gone Wrong
Trapped inside their home by an unseen force, a Seattle family struggles to survive as supplies dwindle and tensions rise amid a mysterious catastrophe. Starring Wagner Moura and Greta Lee.
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‘Donkey Princess’ Locarno Review: León and Cociña Twist the Fairy Tale Into Something Stranger
In this Chilean film, a princess defies a ban on love, traveling across worlds and genres in a playful, unsettling search for identity and emotional freedom.
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‘The Days Off’ Locarno Review: An Eerie Coming-of-Age Story of Shifting Selves
As an eclipse triggers unsettling behavior, a twelve-year-old retreats into online rituals promising escape, navigating bullying, family crisis and the disquiet of growing up.
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‘Sterling Point’ Prime Video Review: Megan Park Refreshes the YA Formula
A rich New York teenager travels to a remote island inheritance, discovering hidden family ties, a secret sister, and emotional upheavals that reshape her identity. Streaming on Prime Video.
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‘Olmo’ Review: Fernando Eimbcke’s Gentle Comedy of Growing Up
The new film by the Mexican director of ‘Duck Season’ captures the everyday struggles of a New Mexico family with warmth, irony, and a positive view of human resilience.
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‘The Green Eyes’ Locarno Review: A Tender Fable of Migration, Trauma and the Power of Imagination
In rural France, an Iraqi migrant girl fights to wake her brother from a mysterious coma, turning to desperate, spiritual and magical solutions.
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‘The Shards’ TV Review: Ryan Murphy Reimagines Bret Easton Ellis’ Haunted Youth
An aspiring writer navigates sex, status and suspicion as he becomes convinced his new friend hides a connection to brutal murders haunting his city.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Review: Women’s Football Brings a Fresh Angle, Not a Reinvention
Recruited out of a quiet life in Kansas City, Ted returns to Richmond to coach its women’s team, confronting rivalries, instability and a club in transition. Streaming on Apple TV.


