We’re getting a glut of film festivals right now, full of movies trying to nudge into the release schedule where I can’t tell if they’ll turn out to be Oscar contenders or also-rans. Will they be an If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, or will they be a Nightbitch? Ayo plays the young version of Sally in Clarissa, a modern-day retelling of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, which seems to be getting a positive reaction. That makes me cautiously optimistic. Listen, universe, I’m just looking for awards-season movies that won’t feel like homework, okay? Is that too much to ask?!?
