HD 93 min
Eighth Grade
Director: Bo Burnham
Stars: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan
In his feature film directorial debut, comedian Bo Burnham deftly encapsulates the awkwardness, angst, self-loathing and reinvention that a teenage girl goes through on the cusp of high school. Given that the 27-year-old stand-up comic achieved fame as a teenager himself through YouTube by riffing on his insecurities, he is uniquely capable as the film's writer and director to tell the story of Kayla, an anxious girl navigating the final days of her eighth grade year, despite creating a protagonist w female instead of male. Like Burnham did more than a decade ago, 13-year-old Kayla turns to YouTube to express herself, where she makes advice blogs in which she pretends to have it all together. In reality, Kayla is sullen and silent around her single father and her peers at school, carrying out most of her interactions with her classmates on Instagram and Twitter. Her YouTube videos are a clever narrative tool that provide insight into her inner hopes and dreams...
HD 93 min
HD 100 m
An American Summer
Director: James Slocum
Stars: Michael Landes, Brian Austin Green, Joanna Kerns, Amber Susa
Divorcing Chicago parents send their only son to live with his aunt in Los Angeles for the summer where he befriends a local learns to surf gets a girlfriend and witnesses a...
FHD 1h55m
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