The film’s two stars, Kyle Gallner and Sosie Bacon (reunited after their time together in the horror film Smile), can be seen as the protagonists for easy breakdowns. Yet Cotton Fever is a tapestry of six main characters all dealing with the same troubles while finding themselves in startling different situations.

Cotton Fever is a film that bravely has both happy and sad endings, depending on how the viewer wants to dissect each character’s journey. There are no official answers handed to the audience, just honesty. – Matthew Schuchman

Doc Meets World

For television viewers of a certain age—specifically elder and mid-range Millennials—the 1990s were defined by a handful of shows. At the top of that list with a bullet is Boy Meets World, the funny and surprisingly tender coming-of-age dramedy that aired on ABC from 1993 to 2000. It represents a time of wonder and joy for many who grew up with it, as well as more complicated emotions for the folks who made it, including stars Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle.

All three have been on a bit of a reverie of late thanks to their podcast Pod Meets World, which sees the trio revisit the series episode by episode. And now that journey culminates in Doc Meets World, directors Chris Levitus and Zane Rubin’s curious snapshot of media navelgazing. On the one hand, the documentary is a kind of a testimonial of a culture and generation stuck in the past, with the actors returning to a series they spent much of their adult lives trying to put away. Conversely, their fans eagerly bask in the show again and again with their own children via rewatch parties, live podcast presentations, and even ‘90s nostalgia conventions.

Yet the movie represents a bit of healthy introspection and public therapy, too, for its three leads who are now ready to reconsider their youth with affection, some regret, and a newfound awareness of the culture and influences that shaped their lives. Ours too. – David Crow

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

Many folks think of Los Angeles as a kind of fairy tale Oz full of magical realms, folks of good cheer… and also relentless celebrity sex appeal. So leave it to David Wain and Ken Marino, the happily filthy minds behind good clean comedy fun like Wet Hot American Summer and Childrens Hospital, to give that contradictory fantasy uproarious life in Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, a chipper, song in its heart remix of The Wizard of Oz, only with a lot more celebrities and sex.