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Dreams in Nightmares
Directed by Shatara Michelle Ford
Following an abrupt layoff, a queer Black woman embarks on a Midwestern road trip with her two best friends to find a missing companion, only for shapeshifting urban threats to expose deep ideological fractures within their group. From TMDB
47 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
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At a glance
Dreams in Nightmares is a 2026 drama film, directed by Shatara Michelle Ford, starring Denée Benton, Mars Storm Rucker and Dezi Bing.
- 39 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
- posts span Nov 8, 2024 to Sep 27, 2026
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Critics, per Wikipedia
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Variety described it as a "a step up from their debut Test Pattern. The canvas is bigger, the rhythm slower yet more confident". Richard Brody, writing in The New Yorker, described Ford's direction as giving "rise to performances of an extraordinary immediacy, a sense of commitment to the characters’ quests for sexual freedom, freedom from fear, a measure of financial stability that isn’t necessarily wealth but is the absence…
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Reactions
47 of 47 · most liked firstI will be at the roxy NYC on saturday moderating the q&a after a 3:45pm screening of the new film from shatara michelle ford, DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES. www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/d...
neutral · AI labelView post →What an amazing time to be a lover of Black Film & TV! • Clarissa • Is God Is • Black Burns Fast • A Different World • Diarra from Detroit • Dreams in Nightmares • If I Go Will They Miss Me • Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
neutral · AI labelView post →DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES: Shatara Michelle Ford’s latest is a road movie unlike any you've ever seen. Joyous and thoughtful, it's a visually stunning ride with a scene-stealing Jasmin Savoy Brown. Seattle folks, go see it starting Fri. 📽️ My review @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES is one of the best films of the year btw! thefilmstage.com/dreams-in-ni...
neutral · AI labelView post →for @thefilmstage.bsky.social, I wrote about DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES, a very special road trip film that premiered at Blackstar this year and is still seeking distribution. thefilmstage.com/dreams-in-ni...
neutral · AI labelView post →Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore feature Dreams in Nightmares is a Black road trip film with a big heart, full of warmth, healing, and beauty. Read @judysquirrels.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm at the movies 1-2x a week, and have been since Jan 2025 and I haven't seen a single trailer for Dreams in Nightmares, and now I'm mad af why tf did I find out about this film on IG?
neutral · AI labelView post →New look at Shatara Michelle Ford’s ‘Dreams in Nightmares.’ The film stars Denée Benton, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, Mars Storm Rucker, Charlie Barnett, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, and Robert Wisdom. 🎥: Set to release in theaters | August 21st 📸: via THR
neutral · AI labelView post →Shatara Michelle Ford's new film, Dreams in Nightmares (opening Friday), brings passion and insight, dramatic freedom and wide-ranging observation, to a modern mystery of three friends in search of a missing fourth: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Shatara Michelle Ford’s ‘Dreams in Nightmares’ is now playing in theaters. The film stars Denée Benton, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, Mars Storm Rucker, Charlie Barnett, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, and Robert Wisdom. Get your tickets! 🎟️: (dreamsinnightmares.movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →And now seated for DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night I stayed out past midnight to catch Dreams in Nightmares and if you have a chance to see it please do. A remarkable movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I am blown away by the confident, proud, and fierce filmmaking and acting in Shatara Michelle Ford's DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES. Using the familiar structure of a road movie to embed us among fresh characters we rarely get to see in road movies, this is one of the best surprises of the summer. Seek this!
positive · AI labelView post →This week in @cambridgeday.com I reviewed DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES, the charming and thoughtful new film by Shatara Michelle Ford. Catch it this week at @brattletheatre.bsky.social!
neutral · AI labelView post →You can read the full THR article on ‘Dreams in Nightmares’ here: 🔗: (www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw a really cool queer road trip movie that I recommend whenever it finds distribution or whatever. It was really cool My ★★★★ review of Dreams in Nightmares on Letterboxd boxd.it/9fmjMz
positive · AI labelView post →Really enjoyed Dreams in Nightmares, a queer Black road trip movie across the Midwest about found family and finding your place as an artist in the world. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnC... Buy tickets: dreamsinnightmares.movie/buy-tickets #moviesky #filmsky #dreamsinnightmares
positive · AI labelView post →"True to its title, there are nightmares that lurk on the edges of the frame, but from the opening to the fantastic finale, Ford creates plenty of breathtaking dreams worth going along with." @eclectichutch.bsky.social See DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES 9/15 at NWFF! grandillusioncinema.org/film/dreams-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Critic’s Pick! “A nifty new spin on the American road trip movie, one that functions both as an intimate exploration of identity and a rallying cry for a new kind of world.” Kate Erbland, IndieWire We present DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES 9/15 at NW Film Forum. grandillusioncinema.org/film/dreams-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Seated for DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES; I know nothing about this movie but it's Canadian and playing at an opportune time
neutral · AI labelView post →With their sophomore feature, Shatara Michelle Ford (TEST PATTERN) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. We present DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES on September 15 at NW Film Forum. grandillusioncinema.org/film/dreams-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore film Dreams in Nightmares is more than a feel-good road trip. It’s a gorgeous, countercultural call to belonging and safety on a slow-burn journey and instructional manual on living a full life. Read my full review: sarahgvincentviews.com/movies/dream...
neutral · AI labelView post →First poster for Shatara Michelle Ford’s ‘Dreams in Nightmares.’ The film stars Denée Benton, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, Mars Storm Rucker, Charlie Barnett, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, and Robert Wisdom. • Opens in NYC (August 21), LA (August 28), and nationwide in Sept.
neutral · AI labelView post →HOPE is fine or whatever but everyone needs to go see DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES: a fascinating road movie with a spontaneous energy to it that deftly explores contemporary American life for young adults in search of freedom and fulfillment
positive · AI labelView post →just saw Dreams in Nightmares and extremely fucked with that movie!!! queer black women on a road trip! with normalized queerness and polyamory! and a hilarious white woman jump scare! didn't love every editing choice but overall REALLY liked it! recommend!!!!
positive · AI labelView post →Dreams in Nightmares, a very interesting 2024 indie movie, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma will post more about them tomorrow when I am less tired! before I go to the Argentina Cultural Festival, that is…
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanna see Dreams in Nightmares so badly. It's fucking evil that it doesn't have a broad theatrical release. I NEED to see this movie
neutral · AI labelView post →📺More TV on the big screen: Rangos beams in 2 eps of Star Trek TOS. And they've got RoboCop (OG movie) 🎟️AMC Waterfront still indispensable: Dreams in Nightmares, Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, Dear You, Hope, and The Sun Never Sets are some intriguing new ones www.pghcinema.com/listings/c3b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today - Anime THE LAST BLOSSOM at select Cineplex locations, animated JIM QUEEN at Paradise via Queer Cinema Club (sold out, tho'), one more chance for DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES at Revue, NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE plays daily at Carlton, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →saw Dreams in Nightmares today. really loved it! feels like a queer film that is not interested in surface-level discourse/unburdened by having to explain 101 concepts and instead opts to interrogate and celebrate aspects of queerness and family that feel much more complicated. also super funny!
positive · AI labelView post →I watched "Dreams in Nightmares" today, and it's a great movie about a lot of topics not just the Black identity, self-determination, trans and queer issues, millennial angst as a middle aged adult, and fun mid-credits scenes. www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
positive · AI labelView post →Inside ‘Dreams in Nightmares,’ a Vibrant Reinvention of the American Road Movie www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →✨🏴 Best Scottish Shorts Award Judges Announcement 🎥🌟 SQIFF 2025 IS JUST ONE WEEK AWAY! We are bringing back our Best Scottish Shorts Award for one lucky winner out of the two Scottish Shorts programme we have this year. The winner will be announced at our Closing Film: Dreams in Nightmares!
neutral · AI labelView post →Committed to the BlackStar Film Festival of Philadelphia, which launched her two films, African-American Shatara Michelle Ford presents Dreams in Nightmares in Panorama at the #Berlinale for Memento. Rare and graceful characters filmed with empathy, the result is gentle, perhaps a little too gentle.
neutral · AI labelView post →I Want To Live in Queer Road Trip Film ‘Dreams in Nightmares’ Forever Chill and be informed with LGBT weekend reads. flipboard.com/@noosafoto/g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Definitely wanna take my niece to see Dreams In Nightmares. When I was her age, I don't think I had a single all-Black coming of age film I could connect with and it's such a shame that decades later there's literally just one at the moment. ONE. Can't scream into enough pillows.
positive · AI labelView post →Kentucky: 'Dreams in Nightmares' is a road-trip movie about living on your own terms Three queer Black friends embark on a road trip seeking a missing friend, exploring friendship and freedom. #Kentucky
neutral · AI labelView post →'Dreams in Nightmares' is a road-trip movie about living on your own terms - NPR💙✋🌊
neutral · AI labelView post →[NPR] 'DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES' IS A ROAD-TRIP MOVIE ABOUT LIVING ON YOUR OWN TERMS
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Dreams in Nightmares’ Review: A Stunning New Spin on What the American Road Trip Film Can Be https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/dreams-in-nightmares-review-shatara-michelle-ford-1235030591/
neutral · AI labelView post →✨ TONIGHT AT 7:30 PM ✨ Experience DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES, the film IndieWire calls “a stunning new spin on what the American road trip film can be.” Join us for an exclusive early screening tonight, or see it when it officially opens at The Tara on Aug 28th! Tap the link in for tonight's tickets!
neutral · AI labelView post →Writer and director Shatara Michelle Ford’s second feature film DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES is an engaging blend of chosen family, enduring friendship, and the search for belonging in a country that often asks too much of those living outside its traditional margins. When Los Angeles-based non-tenured professor Z (Denée Benton) and longtime college friend and New York-based business consultant Tasha (Sasha Compère) are unexpectedly laid off from their jobs, they recruit fellow college friend and poet…
neutral · AI labelView post →Shatara Michelle Ford’s ‘Dreams in Nightmares’ Sets Summer Theatrical Release “Dreams in Nightmares,” Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore film, will release theatrically in New York and Los Angeles this summer before a wider expansion across the country. Lunette Films will lead the film… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →Can't fit all of my thoughts on here about Shatara Michelle Ford's DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES, so I'll just link to my @letterboxd.social instead. A special movie that should reminds us that with all we have to wade through every day, we should always remember to just *be*. letterboxd.com/glenncharlie...
positive · AI labelView post →#FILM #REVIEW Dreams in Nightmares 'an arresting film, demonstrating the value of queer friendships and found families' ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ thereviewshub.com/dreams-in-ni...
neutral · AI labelView post →Filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford Interview on 'Dreams in Nightmares' | Kate Erbland for IndieWire (@indiewire) https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/filmmaker-shatara-michelle-ford-interview-dreams-in-nightmares-1235095110/
neutral · AI labelView post →🏳️🌈 Night Stage/Dreams In Nightmares Announced As 2025 BFI Flare Closing Night/Special Presentation Films moviemarker.co.uk/night-stage-...
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