Authors: Kathy Rong Zhou
Sundance Film Review: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
The Pieces I Am crafts a wondrous portrait of Morrison that is both intimate and reverent. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Skynd Deg Sakte (Hurry Slowly)
Skynd Deg Sakte is a gorgeous, affecting tribute to the things we sometimes overlook or undermine. … read more
Sundance Film Review: WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES
A punch-pop-stomp ride from start to finish, WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES chronicles four school-uniform-wearing strangers, averaging 13.5 years of age. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Advocate
Along with Jones and Bellaïche’s primary narrative, Advocate also delves into Tsemel’s personal life, insofar as it informs her practice today. … read more
Sundance Film Review: MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Her mission, in her words, was to decolonize and indigenize our screens. With Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, her son Hepi Mita continues the task. … read more
Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – Boni Bonita
Boni Bonita was shot over three years and magnificently across three formats: Super 16, 16 mm and digital. “When writing this film, I always pictured it with a nostalgic look,” says Barosa. … read more
Film Review: Sorry to Bother You
Buoyed by its people-power, anti-capitalist, revolution-minded readiness to jolt us awake, Riley’s filmic storytelling debut stays daring and endlessly inventive. … read more
Film Review: Eighth Grade
Like eighth grade, Bo Burnham’s feature-film debut will have you wincing in secondhand (and firsthand) embarrassment and laughing through heart-pangs. … read more
Damn These Heels 2018: Close-Knit
Naoko Ogigami’s thoughtful, pastel-hued family drama Close-Knit follows the self-sufficient and searching Tomo, played by Rinka Kakihara. … read more
Fazilat Soukhakian
Fazilat Soukhakian’s approach is an active, inquiring one. The Iranian artist-photographer’s work continually records and questions what it means to exist in our contemporary world—what it means to engage with it, to have a stake in it. … read more