Slamdance Film Review: On the Way Home

Slamdance Film Review: On the Way Home
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The film expresses the point that many of the younger people are excited to be moving into a new place, but many older residents are hesitant. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Slide

Slamdance Film Review: Slide
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Slide is a madcap animated Western centered around a small town called Sourdough Creek and its idiosyncratic locals. … read more

Breaking Through the Silence: Radha Mehta’s DOSH Uplifts Overlooked Voices 

Breaking Through the Silence: Radha Mehta’s DOSH Uplifts Overlooked Voices 
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If Mehta could leave viewers with one takeaway from DOSH what would it be? “Fuck shame,” she says firmly. Stigma only breeds suffering when people need support. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Legend of El Cucuy

Slamdance Film Review: Legend of El Cucuy
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Legend of El Cucuy tells the story of a family challenging disciplinary parenting norms only to face the wrath of a demon that comes for deviant children in the night. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Restorage

Slamdance Film Review: Restorage
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The new, independent sci-fi series Restorage follows three siblings who inherit a seemingly-ordinary storage unit after their father’s passing. … read more

A Coming-of-Old-Age Film: An Interview with the Director of Lan’s Garden

A Coming-of-Old-Age Film: An Interview with the Director of Lan’s...
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Following Lan, the aging matriarch of a Chinese-American family, Lan’s Garden is a story of connection in whatever form it takes. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: The Herricanes

Slamdance Film Review: The Herricanes
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The Herricanes leaves the audience inspired to try new things and break down stereotypes, no matter what other people might think. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Invisible Nation

Slamdance Film Review: Invisible Nation
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Invisible Nation’s 85-minute runtime does not linger on cliche storytelling, where it could easily drive the tone into make-believe propaganda.  … read more

A Discussion on I’m ‘George Lucas’: A Connor Ratliff Story with Director Ryan Jacobi

A Discussion on I’m ‘George Lucas’: A Connor Ratliff Story...
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Since 2014, Ratliff has interviewed baffled celebrity guests in character as Lucas, at first on stage at Hell’s Kitchen’s UCB Theatre and, since the pandemic, over elaborately live streamed video conference calls. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Citizen Weiner

Slamdance Film Review: Citizen Weiner
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In an ever-growing sea of satire, political quasi-documentary Citizen Weiner fails to make a clear statement nor much of a lasting impression. … read more