10 (or Maybe 11) Films to See in July
Amid the usual summer blockbusters—including a return to the Bourne franchise for Matt Damon and a family adventure from Steven Spielberg—the month ahead will also feature intriguing smaller films that have already made an impression on the festival circuit over the past year. We've picked out a handful of July's best bets below—as well as one major wildcard.
This debut feature from writer-director Osgood Perkins premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival under the title February. Set at an all girl’s Catholic school during winter break, this mystery-horror story focuses on two girls, Kat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton), stranded at the isolated school and a third girl, Joan (Emma Roberts), who is struggling to reach the school. According to critics, Perkins and his brother Elvis, who wrote the original score, have absorbed all the right lessons from their father, Anthony Perkins, and his Psycho director, Alfred Hitchcock.