[Note: This is a re-post of our review from the AFI Film Festival; Always Shine expands from NYC to select theaters on December 2] Women who are on the verge of a nervous breakdown is delicious film ...

Talking about the first and second acts of Sophia Takal’s Always Shine without talking about the third is a challenge. The film begins as a story of mounting personal and professional grievances ...

Always Shine is a palindromic thriller bursting with formal brilliance and incisive feminist critique. It’s at once a tense drama and a psychological horror story about the nature of performance and ...

Plus her thoughts on her fan-favorite episode of 'Black Mirror', "San Junipero." The star and the director of ‘Always Shine’ talk about the societal pressures on women that helped create this ...