Outfest Los Angeles — A–Z of films

Laugh out loud funny and heartbreaking without resorting to neat Hollywood set-ups or resolutions.

Where it really delivers is in capturing a hidden history.

A sweet-natured romcom, Breaking Fast takes on some difficult issues around what it takes to love somebody and to accept love.

There's some intelligent drama here structured around intersectional issues, which manages to show, at least to an extent, where lesser films only tell.

Rather than following somebody raised a girl who is learning to live as a boy, it's about a boy who, all too quickly, has to start learning to be a man.

A cheerful, messy kind of comedy which doesn't hit every beat but is easy to like.

With a moody jazz score full of languorous clarinets, this is a long cool drink before the unseen war.

Both central performers are impressive in this brief but engaging snapshot of teenage life in England

A little gem of a film.

Sillas is impressive as a woman whose sometimes very formal, sometimes brittle demeanour hides a lot of pain, uncertainty and ongoing effort.

DeFreece is excellent and provides the backbone of the film.

Every cherished symbol of Canadianness is here, from maple walnut ice cream to a fleetingly glimpsed but narratively influential narwhal.

Two of Us jolts the senses - you can smell when the hot pan stays on the stove too long and want to interfere.