It takes an incredible amount of restraint not to tie your film up with a neat little bow, but nothing could be more fitting for a filmmaker as committed to truth-telling as Stephen Cone is. In his ...

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Writer-director Stephen Cone had a particular goal in mind when making his latest film, Princess Cyd. “One of the things I said early on was that I wanted to make a movie that confused straight girls, ...

An emotionally and sexually adventurous teen and her novelist aunt get to know each other in 'Princess Cyd,' a coming-of-age drama by Chicago filmmaker Stephen Cone. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor ...

Of all the crystalline moments I cherish in Princess Cyd, which is playing this week at the Gene Siskel Film Center, one particular shot stands out: Miranda Ruth (Rebecca Spence), a novelist in her ...

Director Stephen Cone’s beautiful, intimate drama “Princess Cyd” packs in quite a bit more than your typical coming-of-age story. Arriving with a tragic backstory pinned to the 911 call that opens the ...

Writer-director Stephen Cone’s latest feature, “Princess Cyd,” is a film that defies expectation and easy categorization. As comfortable to slip into as an afternoon in the sun, as satisfying as a ...

"It is not a handicap to have one thing, but not another..." Wolfe Releasing has debuted the first official trailer for Stephen Cone's latest film Princess Cyd, a light coming-of-age comedy set mostly ...

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Stephen Cone grew up the son of a Southern Baptist minister in South Carolina, where he led Bible study classes in high school while coming to grips with an emerging queer identity. Now based in ...

Slow-motion is employed incessantly throughout “Princess Cyd,” which is apt given the inertia of Stephen Cone’s artificial indie. For his follow-up to 2015’s “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party,” the ...

A teenage girl explores her sexuality and copes with a past tragedy while staying with her aunt in this precious, threadbare indie. Slow-motion is employed incessantly throughout “Princess Cyd,” which ...