Gabrielle Bondi

Co-Founder

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Listen to Episode 20 of Our TYF Podcast!!

Whoo! We made it to 20! This week we discuss the latest film, TV, music and book news. Some of our topics included: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Akira remake, The Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, Luther,…

Film Review: ‘Young Adult’ & a Q&A with Patton Oswalt, Diablo Cody & Jason Reitman

  By: GabrielleAdelle Ever since attending a pop-up screening of Young Adult Saturday night, I have been vacillating between like and dislike for the new Jason Reitman film. I’ve been sorting through those likes and dislikes. Since I still haven’t…

Film Review: ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin,’ starring Tilda Swinton & John C. Reilly

By: GabrielleAdelle If I hear Buddy Holly’s “Everyday,” any time on Halloween day, I may have a complex. That is just a sliver of how affecting the film, We Need to Talk about Kevin, is. I won’t be surprised if…

Book Review: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ by Ransom Riggs

By: GabrielleAdelle There’s a new trend that seems to be slowly emerging in children’s and young adult’s literature, mixing images and words together to create a story. Yes, I know we all have read picture books; however, usually independent reader…

Book Review: ‘Matched’ by Ally Condie

By: GabrielleAdelle Another dystopian novel! They’re seriously all the rage now, huh? As I read more and more dystopian novels, I get more and more critical of them. It’s hard not to, especially since there are so many of them,…

Film Review: ‘Like Crazy’ & Q&A with stars Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones & director Drake Doremus

By: GabrielleAdelle I’ve been crazy about seeing Like Crazy for months, ever since it premiered at Sundance in January to huge amounts of praise. Lucky for me, it had a presentation at the Chicago International Film Festival. And even luckier, the…

Listen to Episode 19 of our TYF Podcast!

Hello young folks! We’re back with another awesome dose of pop culture news. We discuss latest film news like the new Snow White pictures and Despicable Me 2; movies like Dream House, Real Steel and The Ides of March; renewed and cancelled…