The word “novice” has several definitions, each referring to some sort of beginner—all of whom face a sort of implicit resentment. Novice aren’t just newcomers, after all. They’re considered ...

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The Novice (2021) is an American sports psychological drama film. A freshman joins the rowing program at the university, aspiring to be at the top of varsity no matter what. Here’s how you can watch ...

Lauren Hadaway’s The Novice is a powerful look at compulsion. The film focuses on Alex Dall (Isabelle Fuhrman of Orphan fame, a movie that would make a great double feature here), a college freshman ...

Writer-director Lauren Hadaway unpicks the obsessive-compulsive drive of sporting achievement in heady psycho-thriller The cinema of overachievement has a sharp new entry to add to the likes of Black ...

Women’s rowing probably received peak attention during reports of the college admissions bribery scandal: It’s not hard to imagine that attempts by “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin to enroll ...

The "Orphan" star turns in a staggeringly tense performance in Lauren Hadaway's athletic drama turned character study. Perhaps all you need to know about Alex Dall is this: physics is her worst ...

The goals of almost every parent, teacher, or therapist raising or working with a neuro-developmentally atypical child include helping the child engage in, rather than avoid, and persist with, rather ...