Month: January 2023
Sundance Film Review: A Little Prayer
The family drama A Little Prayer is a reminder that the once-budding young playwright and filmmaker Angus MacLachlan has come a long way. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Eileen
Eileen is an engaging, pulpy diversion that plays like an old-fashioned dime novel you had never planned to read but find that you can’t put down. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Slow
Described as a portrait of a “beautiful bond,” Slow is instead a grim character study of a deeply unlikable individual with a regressive view of sexuality. … read more
Review: Beauty Pill – Blue Period
Beauty Pill = Pixies + Dry Cleaning + La Luz … read more
Review: Billy Nomates – Cacti
Billy Nomates = The Smiths + Lorde … read more
Sundance Film Review: Run Rabbit Run
Run Rabbit Run makes literal the terror of cyclic, generational trauma and manifests the underlying tension of carrying a burden of guilt into a new generation. … read more
Sundance Film Review: In My Mother’s Skin
The contrasts between the conflicts throughout In My Mother’s Skin stem from Dagatan’s ability to situate character dilemmas within a wider sphere of influence. … read more
Film Review: Broker
Despite dealing with serious, morally murky and upsetting subjects, Broker presents it all with sweetness and irresistible charm. … read more
Adura Onashile Brings Girl Power to the Screen
Director Adura Onashile talks to SLUG about her Sundance feature, Girl, and the power of drawing a story out of a film through accomplished actors. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Sometimes I Think About Dying
Daisy Ridley adds a humanity that the script struggles to find, making Sometimes I Think About Dying a dry and extremely frustrating experience. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Fancy Dance
Fancy Dance stands as both a cry for help for the victimized and missing and a defiant cry of strength from those who refuse to stop looking for them. … read more
Review: poolblood – mole
poolblood = Lowertown + Anaïs Chantal + Swim Team … read more
