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Sundance Film Review: Skywalkers: A Love Story

Posted on January 19, 2024 (January 19, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
A couple kiss on a crane overlooking a city skyline.

Part-thriller, part-romance and part-heist film, Skywalkers performs a delicate balance of genres that pays-off with a climax that elicited two cheers and a standing ovation from its premiere audience. … read more

Posted in: SundanceTagged: JEFF ZIMBALIST, Sundance, Sundance 2024, XYZ FIlms

Sundance Film Review: Freaky Tales

Posted on January 19, 2024 (January 20, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Pedro Pascal in Freaky Tales holds up a note.

Freaky Tales follows four stories that gradually intersect and entangle, though the end product feels more like a mixtape than an anthology. … read more

Posted in: Film Reviews, SundanceTagged: Angus Cloud, Anna Boden, ben mendelsohn, freaky tales, Jay Ellis, Pedro Pascal, Ryan Fleck, Sundance, Sundance 2024, Tom Hanks

Slamdance Film Review: Invisible Nation

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 22, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
A bespectacled woman with short brown hair in a beige pantsuit is in mid-sentence during an interview.

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

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: Alton Barnhart, film festival, Slamdance, slamdance-2024, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, Vanessa Hope

Slamdance Film Review: The Herricanes

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 30, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
A group of women in red football uniforms in a locker room.

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

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: Olivia Kuan, slamdance-2024, The Herricanes

Slamdance Film Review: Slide

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 19, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

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

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: Bill Plympton, film festival, Slamdance, slamdance-2024, Slide

Slamdance Film Review: Demon Mineral

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 19, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Demon Mineral is a damning indictment of the U.S. government’s negligence and violence toward Indigenous communities, showing just how far-reaching the negative effects of the nuclear arms race were. … read more

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: Dr. Tommy Rock, Hadley Austin, Leona Morgan, oppenheimer, slamdance-2024, Teracita Keyanna

Slamdance Film Review: Citizen Weiner

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 25, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
A man crowdsurfing in Citizen Weiner.

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

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: slamdance-2024

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

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 24, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

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

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: slamdance-2024

Slamdance Film Review: On the Way Home

Posted on January 22, 2024 (January 24, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

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

Posted in: Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: slamdance-2024

Local Review: The Apathetics – Last Rites

Posted on January 16, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of The Apathetics

What do all punk rockers do when they reach middle age? They give up all the rage and embrace the misery. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Last Rites, The Apathetics

Contributor Limelight: Nate Schwartz

Posted on January 31, 2024 (July 25, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

The ever-reliable Nate Schwartz has taken SLUG’s social media presence to the next level starting in November 2020. … read more

Posted in: SLUG Contributor LimelightTagged: Nate Schwartz

Sundance Film Review: The Outrun

Posted on January 20, 2024 (January 20, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Saorise Ronan's character Rona has bright, orange hair and gazes out across the seaside.

The Outrun follows Saoirse Ronan’s character Rona through a cycle of victories and relapses as she seeks out a personal reset that will stick. … read more

Posted in: Film Reviews, SundanceTagged: Amy Liptrot, daniel kirkham, film festival, Nora Fingscheidt, Saoirse Ronan, Sundance, Sundance 2024, The Outrun
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