52FilmsbyWomen 2018: Selma, A Wrinkle in Time [Column]

Film writer AJ Caulfield has taken the #52FilmsbyWomen pledge, where she will watch one movie directed by a women per week throughout 2018. Here on The Young Folks, AJ reflects on the films she’s viewed — including female-directed classics and…

Storm Reid reveals the Lasting Significance of A Wrinkle in Time

Before heading out to the movies this weekend, make sure you catch our one-on-one interview with lead actress Storm Reid for her film, A Wrinkle in Time. In what may be considered a modernized version of The Wizard of Oz for…

Movie Review: The Star

Adapting the original Christmas narrative to the big screen is one of the more daunting projects a studio can tackle. Even if they are able to make the birth of Christ intriguing, they are guaranteed to offend someone by not…

Watch the first trailer for A Wrinkle in Time Trailer

“What if we are here for a reason? What if we’re part of something truly divine?” Ava DuVernay in just a few short years have become a director whose name stirs instant excitement when her name becomes attached to a…

Movie Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

If there is one thing we learned from The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (or should I say The Immortal Life of Oprah Winfrey), it’s that the classic saying is true: it’s all about the journey and not the destination.…

2016 Tribeca Film Festival: Greenleaf

What do you get when the producer and writer behind Six Feet Under and Lost teams up with Oprah Winfrey? A dysfunctional Christian family that may or may not be laundering money, of course! After almost two decades of starring in films and as…

Jon’s Movie Review: “Selma” Resonates With Present Struggles

There are stories that we tell and pass along, not just because they are great, but because they hold some greater significance and value, some of which we might not realize until later in our lives. These stories sometimes have…