Honey Boy: The BRWC Review. By Nick Boyd. “Honey Boy,” based on actor Shia LaBeouf’s childhood, is a powerful coming-of-age look at living on the margins as a child actor with an emotionally abusive yet loving father.  In flashbacks to 1995, LaBeouf plays James, a version of his father,

'Malou' is a short film inspired by true events. It follows a young, passionate dancer by the name of Malou, who is absolutely tenacious in fighting for her dream of performing on the stage. After years of going through hoops of turmoil and rejection, fate would have it that an

Shorts are challenging to review sometimes. Often, they are mere snapshots of something much grander and generally will play like just that. When most have a runtime shorter than a television episode, it’s hard to know what to grab onto and explore. Therefore, so many of them are blunt in

'Serious Tingz' is a micro-short film from director Abdou Cisse that paints a picture of his personal experience of growing up in South London, where it's somewhat expected for young men to follow the rite of passage of wearing the iconic 'screwface'. This film goes underneath the surface of masculinity

Marriage Story: The BRWC Review. A stage director named Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) and his actor wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes. Noah Baumbach is a filmmaker that I deeply admire. Every single one of his films