Sundance
Sundance Film Review: Possessor
Possessor is fucked up. It’s a great Midnight category movie, and let it be known that there is intense body horror and violence. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Us Kids
Us Kids Sundance Film Festival Director: Kim A. Snyder The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is still fresh for many, particularly for the students who survived the ordeal. With the second anniversary of the tragic event looming, documentary Us Kids is the story of the survivors dealing with their trauma.
Sundance Film Review: The Killing of Two Lovers
Really, all of the actors of The Killing of Two Lovers do a great job. The writing, however, keeps its semblances of story low to the ground and linear. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Be Water
Be Water Sundance Film Festival Director: Bao Nguyen There is no denying the presence and charisma that Bruce Lee has onscreen. His quick, agile fighting style captured audiences in Hong Kong, America, and around the world. Be Water explores Bruce Lee in the context of the ’60s and ’70s in America and how he was
Sundance Film Review: Bad Hair
Bad Hair is the kind of film that I think most audiences want to see at Sundance. It’s good, draws from cultural folklore, and pushes boundaries accessibly. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Acasӑ, My Home
Acasӑ, My Home succeeds as a cinéma verité documentary that offers a compelling case study about the shortcomings of how we live. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Summer White (Blanco de Verano)
Summer White (Blanco de Verano) doesn’t offer traditional payoffs that we may want or expect as viewers, and it’s certainly better for it. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares)
Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares) is a harrowing narrative about Magdalena (Mercedes Hernández), who seeks her lost, adolescent son, Jesús (Juan Jesús Varela). … read more
Sundance Film Review: La Llorona
La Llorona is a good way to get your fix for a socially aware, supernatural psychological/revenge thriller at Sundance 2020. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Summertime
Summertime Sundance Film Festival Director: Carlos López Estrada Opening with a girl wearing roller skates, singing poetry into her guitar on a pier in Venice Beach, Summertime establishes the plot as a snapshot in the day of a life of different teens and young adults around Los Angeles. There are many characters in the story,