The year is 1984, the place is upstate New York, school has just started, and a group of eighth graders are waiting to get inside a nightclub.

Laura Dern returns to the festival with her very first lead role from 1985.

Based on the 2013 documentary 12 O’ Clock Boys, the movie plunges audiences into Baltimore’s frenetic dirt bike scene.

A film built around the message that if you accept love into your life, all your problems will disappear.

A melancholic coming-of-age story that feels raw and unique and excels at visual storytelling.

It’s perhaps an understatement to say this teen comedy yields to clichés. Yet, it avoids stereotypes and subverts a few classic tropes too.

An atypical coming-of-age story that presents a realistic and frank representation of female adolescence, where growing up is a messy and an arbitrary process.

A unique high school drama, infused with the Mafia’s influence and subtle teenage angst, all in a rarefied setting.

Eliza Hittman’s third feature is richly rewarding as well as political, and this aspect is neither overstated nor shied away from.