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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Museum of the Moving Image will present the New York theatrical premiere engagement of Princess Cyd, the 2017 BAMcinemaFest hit from Chicago-based writer-director Stephen Cone, starring Rebecca Spence ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slow-motion is employed incessantly throughout “Princess Cyd,” which is apt given the inertia of Stephen Cone’s artificial indie.

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 ...

Stephen Cone has the tenacity of first-time director, yet he has eight feature films and dozens of shorts to show for it. His vision for filmmaking, grit in self-fundraising, and ability to ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are few directors working today that love their characters more than Stephen Cone. After reaching a wider audience with one of 2015’s best films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, he’s returning ...

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 ...