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Slamdance Film Review: Lost Holiday

Posted on January 26, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Lost Holiday | Michael Mathews, Thomas Mathews | Photo: Michael and Thomas Matthews

What better way is there to spend the holidays than with an acid-fueled investigation into the disappearance of your drug dealer’s girlfriend? … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Michael Mathews, Slamdance 2019, Thomas Mathews

Slamdance Film Review: The Professional: A Stevie Blatz Story

Posted on January 25, 2019 (July 22, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
The Professional – Daniel LaBarbera and Dylan Avery – Photo Courtesy of Fulton Filmsal

The Professional is an apt title for a film about someone going through the realest hustle, of owning one’s own business and trying to keep a life together around it. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film Reviews, SlamdanceTagged: Daniel LaBarbera, Dylan Avery, Slamdance 2019, The Professional

Slamdance Film Review: Impetus

Posted on January 26, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Impetus - Jennifer Alleyn - Photo: Etienne Boilard

Alleyn’s journey through grief results in a fragmented story, one that quietly shudders between her introspective narration, her conversations with friends, and the film she is attempting to make. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Jennifer Alleyn, Slamdance 2019

Sundance Film Review: Sea of Shadows

Posted on January 27, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
Sea of Shadows | Richard Ladkani |Photo: Richard Ladkani.

Sea of Shadows presents the grave, complex problem of illegal fishing in the Sea of Cortez for the endangered fish totoaba. … read more

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Richard Ladkani, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES

Posted on January 26, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES | Makoto Nagahisa | Photos Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

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

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Makoto Nagahisa, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: Advocate

Posted on January 27, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
Advocate | Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaïche | Photo: Philippe Bellaiche

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

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Philippe Bellaïche, Rachel Leah Jones, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Posted on January 28, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen | Hepi Mita | Photo: New Zealand Herald

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

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: The Sharks

Posted on January 28, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
The Sharks | Lucía Garibaldi | Photo: German Nocella

The cinematography, natural lighting and photography in The Sharks is stunning, as it captures lush treescapes and waves crashing against rocks on beaches. … read more

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Lucía Garibaldi, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Posted on January 25, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
Anthropocene – The Human Epoch | Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky | Photo: Edward Burtynsky.

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch succeeds in not trying to assail each topic but giving us a panoramic view of how all of these human activities cumulatively affect the planet. … read more

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: THE WITCH HUNTERS

Posted on January 26, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
THE WITCH HUNTERS | Rasko Miljkovic | Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Though it’s lighthearted, THE WITCH HUNTERS offers a mature conversation about legitimate issues through the lens of young characters. … read more

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Rasko Miljkovic, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: Abe

Posted on January 27, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
Abe | Fernando Grostein Andrade | Photo: Alex Korolkovas

Abe is a worthwhile movie that also presents subtle, contextually appropriate educational points about Islam. … read more

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Fernando Grostein Andrade, Sundance 2019

Sundance Film Review: Tigerland

Posted on February 2, 2019 (September 28, 2023) by Alton Barnhart

Tigerland Sundance Film Festival Director: Ross Kauffman In both Eastern and Western imaginations and art, the tiger has always been a symbol of beauty and power. As their numbers dwindle in the wild, many people are moved to help their cause. Tigerland follows two parallel tiger conservation efforts: in far east Russia where Pavel Famenko

Posted in: SundanceTagged: Sundance 2019
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