Arts
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance...
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! is about survival, love and loss. It’s also an exuberant and captivating musical fantasy capturing Haru’s feelings and desires. … read more
Filmmakers Lily Platt and Lovisa Sirén Are Rocking Shorts This...
Though wildly different in tone and geography, Platt and Sirén share a commitment to emotional honesty, even when it’s uncomfortable or unflattering. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Interviews | Sundance
Senior Programmer John Nein On The Legacy of Sundance in...
As Sundance leaves Park City, Nein hopes the legacy remembered is not only institutional but deeply rooted in place. … read more
Art | Arts | Film | Film Interviews | Sundance
Anna Boden, Jared Hess and Ira Sachs Look Back at...
Anna Boden, Jared Hess and Ira Sachs have had prolific careers and varied filmographies, but also share Sundance as a launching pad for their dreams coming true. … read more
Bunnylovr: A Not-So-Fully-Formed Reflection on Isolation
Bunnylovr is worth the watch, as Zhu is very clearly an up-and-coming, promising talent with a lot to offer modern audiences. … read more
By Design Needs To Go Back to the Drawing Board
It’s the kind of official selection that gets chosen because it has a short enough runtime to easily fit into programming and some stars to promote, but it’s a stretch to call it a film. … read more
The Legend of Ochi Provides Lifelike Creatures and Bland Characters
It’s perplexing to see a film that has all the makings of a wondrous experience turn out feeling so utterly unexceptional and bland. … read more
Train Dreams: A Gentle and Meandering Exploration of American Existentialism
Despite its heavy subject matter, Train Dreams is a surprisingly gentle and contemplative film. … read more
Mr. Nobody Against Putin: The Bittersweet Bravery of Dissent
Mr. Nobody Against Putin defies the stereotype that all Russians are cold, ruthless killers, showing that most Russian citizens are similar to American citizens … read more
Didn’t Die: Those Tormented Groans Are Coming From The Audience
I give director Meera Menon some credit for providing a unique perspective on the end of the world, but Didn’t Die would’ve had to tear me limb from limb to get my attention. … read more
A Journalist’s Nightmare: Opus Is a Punchy but Predictable Cult...
It’s Midsommar (murderous cult in the countryside) meets Ingrid Goes West (the dark side of celebrity worship) meets Get Out (I wanted to scream “Get out!” the whole time). … read more
The Sexy, Surreal Spanish Soap Opera of Rains Over Babel
So throw back your “elixir of life” and let the music take you as you’re dragged down into the blacklight purgatory of Rains Over Babel. … read more
