A tender Sundance standout captures the messy ache of adolescence and the uneasy thrill of trying to grow up too fast. Ani Palmer, Beatrix Rain Wolfe and Sophia Kirkwood-Smith in Big Girls Don’t Cry ...

A queer coming-of-age story set in rural New Zealand, Paloma Schneideman's "Big Girls Don't Cry" is a fantastic feature debut atypical of films on awkward adolescence. Unfolding during an overcast ...

Big Girls Don’t Cry (2026) Film Review from the 49th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Paloma Schneideman and starring Ani Palmer, Noah Taylor, Rain Spencer, Beatrix Rain ...

Paloma Schneideman’s coming-of-age feature, set in the aughts, stars Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer and Noah Taylor. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic The movie is set in in 2006, when ...

Writer-director Paloma Schneideman’s wonderful film follows a 14-year-old in 2006 who pretends to be someone else in a chat room, with real-world consequences Get our weekend culture and lifestyle ...

Ani Palmer as Sid in Big Girls Don't Cry: “Something potent and curious behind her eyes.” Photo / Jen Raoult There was a time when, if you went to see a movie at Matakana Cinemas, a teenage Paloma ...