From a perch in the press box, a film critic can sometimes spot a rising star before the paying customers do. Because “Short Term 12” is a small movie about a challenging subject, you may have to ...

Despite its rather drab title, (I mean, really, “Short Term 12” is the best you could come up with?) and its unpromising subject matter, (a kind of halfway house for troubled kids,) this movie turns ...

Now and then, a kid makes a run for it. In “Short Term 12,” Destin Daniel Cretton’s low-key, high-emotion indie about a foster-care facility for at-risk teens, there are periodic efforts to escape. A ...

Brie Larson, 23, gives a performance in new indie Short Term 12 that's wonderfully nuanced. The Oscars should keep her in mind. In Short Term 12, out in theaters right now, Larson plays Grace, a ...