Slamdance Film Festival 2015
Slamdance Film Review: The Resurrection of Jake the Snake
Fans of the golden age of wrestling should not miss out on this earnest documentary about Jake “The Snake” Roberts. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Birds of Neptune
Free to mature under each other’s care in their childhood home in the Pacific Northwest, the sisters have developed their own ways of coping—demure Rachel (Britt Harris) retreats into making music, while Mona (Molly Elizabeth Parker) escapes into performances of wild characters, such as the “Nazi androgynous cabaret dancer,” who wears a 10” strap-on dildo. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Bloodsucking Bastards
In the first feature film written by the comedy genius team Dr. God, Fran Kranz plays Evan, an overworked call center employee who can’t seem to find his way up the corporate ladder. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: 20 Years of Madness
The doc’s director, Jeremy Royce, deftly illuminates the tensions that arise between the veteran cast members, using footage from the original show to unearth the anxieties that dissolved the group in the first place. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Trees That Walk (Alberi che Camminano)
Trees That Walk follows the path of wood as it’s cut down, cut up, shaped and turned into lumber for homes, works of art, musical instruments and more. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the...
Batkid Begins shows us what is possible when people work together, care about each other and create true community with one another. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Sweet Micky For President
In this musically-satiated documentary, Michel ‘Sweet Micky’ Martelly begins his political journey to become Haiti’s President. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: I Am Thor
With a music career spanning five decades, Jon Mikl Thor is perhaps one of the legends of rock and metal that you definitely need to be aware of. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: On Her Own
Director Morgan Schmidt-Feng begins on a happy note in 2009, showing the Prebilichs benefiting from the well-earned fruits of hard labor. With help from Cindy’s husband and three young kids, Nancy struggles to keep the farm afloat in the face of debt and loss. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Across the Sea
While the All-American Kevin is eager to learn about Damla’s roots, she is just as eager to avoid them, and when local fisher Burak reappears in her life, tensions begin to arise as her old life catches up to her new one. … read more