Mile End Kicks
A 24-year-old music critic gets romantically involved with members of an indie band she decides to publicize. (R, 105 min.)
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Friday, May 1, 2026
(TBD)
A 24-year-old music critic gets romantically involved with members of an indie band she decides to publicize, set against Montreal’s indie music scene in 2011.
Based in part on Chandler Levack’s own young adulthood prior to becoming a professional music critic and filmmaker, the film stars Barbie Ferreira as Grace Pine, a young woman who moves to Montreal, Quebec, with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette’s album Jagged Little Pill but instead becomes romantically involved with Archi (Devon Bostick) and Chevy (Stanley Simons), two members of the aspiring indie rock band Bone Patrol, and takes a job as the band’s publicist. [Sumerian Pictures]
Starring: Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick, Stanley Simons, Juliette Gariépy, Magi Merlin
Director: Chandler Levack
Genre: Romance, Comedy
"Hilarious, slyly self-deprecating and yet deeply compassionate."
— The Wrap
"Mile End Kicks is a messy, heartfelt portrait of youth and creative ambition."
— Next Best Picture
"A feel-good winner. It’s the kind of indie that comes with a strong voice and a sharp perspective."
— Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
"It instantly offers a breath of fresh air about what it means to pursue one’s passion for writing about the arts while being a woman."
— Tomris Laffly, RogerEbert.com
"A captivating and funny romantic comedy that's also an honest and heartfelt coming-of-age drama with a radiant performance by Barbie Ferreira."
— Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
"Filled with heartfelt moments and hardships amidst Grace’s growing young adulthood pains, Levack’s film plays like a new music album that is familiar yet exciting."
— Screen Rant
"But despite a stellar ensemble (Simmons deserves genuine praise), Ferreira steals her own movie. She's never been the lead in a film before, and she's an absolute natural."
— Gregory Ellwood, The Playlist
"A sense of heartfelt authenticity pulses throughout this nostalgic portrait of personal and professional empowerment, keeping it from bogging down in angst-ridden millennial cliches."
— Todd Jorgenson, Cinemalogue
"It’s a film that could serve as a nice guidebook for people living in their teens and early twenties, but also holds space for the older crowd that has had their heart broken [and] dreams put on pause."
— Andrew Parker, The Gate
"With a vibrant palette, a terrific soundtrack, Mile End Kicks is a worthy entry to contemporary romcoms, one that acknowledges sex, queerness, money troubles, sexism, and learning to embrace our love, our anger, and our talent."
— Shelagh Rowan-Legg, ScreenAnarchy
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