Stefania LaVie Owen

PAPER SPIDERS: A Thoughtful Coming-Of-Age Tale About Delusional Disorder
PAPER SPIDERS: A Thoughtful Coming-Of-Age Tale About Delusional Disorder

Based on performances alone, it is a memorable coming-of-age tale, and it is a step in the right direction when it comes to destigmatizing mental illness.

PAPER SPIDERS Trailer
PAPER SPIDERS Trailer

A teen makes a series of tough choices as her mother’s paranoid delusions threaten to destroy their loving relationship.

SXSW 2019: THE BEACH BUM: Matthew McConaughey Embarks on a Booze-Soaked Journey of Cheerful Nihilism
SXSW 2019 Review: THE BEACH BUM: McConaughey Embarks On Booze-Soaked Journey Of Cheerful Nihilism

In our second review from SXSW 2019, Hazem Fahmy reviews The Beach Bum – a fantasy with no real-life application.

ALL WE HAD: Katie Holmes's Poignant Directorial Debut
ALL WE HAD: Katie Holmes’s Poignant Directorial Debut

All We Had tells the story of a homeless woman and her daughter and their struggles of having to refind a place in the world for themselves.

COMING THROUGH THE RYE: A Troubling Piece Of Fan Fiction
COMING THROUGH THE RYE: A Troubling Piece Of Fan Fiction

Based on the real life personal experiences of writer and director James Steven Sadwith, Coming Through the Rye offers a strange and circuitous coming of age teen drama about a young boy named Jamie Schwartz who seeks out the reclusive author of “The Catcher in the Rye”, J.D. Salinger, in 1969 New Hampshire.