Jessica Barden

Mental Health Awareness, personal essay

7 min read

Kelly Oxford’s feature debut “Pink Skies Ahead” changes the game for mental health representation onscreen

by Rebecca Martin

May 24, 2022

“Breakdown, breakthrough,” Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) says in Cameron Crowe’s film of the same name, in a very cliche way, in a very cookie cutter scenario. Jerry gets inspired to

2022 Awards, indigenous filmmaker, Indigenous in Film, Profile

13 min read

The 50 best films of 2021: Part 2 (25 – 1)

by Rebecca Martin

December 19, 2021

This is Part 2 of our top 50 films of 2021. Here we showcase the top 25. To read more about what motivated our list and part 1, see link.

2022 Awards, Indie Films, Interviews

18 min read

“Holler” director Nicole Riegel and star Jessica Barden talk about the beauty and the grit of Middle America

by Rebecca Martin

June 11, 2021

I was fortunate to speak with “Holler” director Nicole Riegel and star Jessica Barden (“The End of the F***ing World”, “Pink Skies Ahead”) about their film that comes to select

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