Sundance 2019
Sundance Film Review: Tigerland
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
Sundance Film Review: Judy and Punch
Judy and Punch (Australia) Sundance Film Festival Director: Mirrah Foulkes In 16th century Seaside, a town that is nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman) are the main source of entertainment. Their puppet shows require synchronized choreography, but Punch seems to be the one taking all the credit
Sundance Film Review: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
This documentary explores (some of) his love of Marianne Ihlen, with whom he was in an open relationship for many years and who is thought of as his muse. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The opening scenes of The Last Black Man in San Francisco were enough to take my breath away. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Infiltrators
The Infiltrators is the stirring documentary cum dramatization about how members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) helped aid in halting various deportations from the U.S. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Sister Aimee
Sister Aimee Sundance Film Festival Director: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann The story of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, as told by the film Sister Aimee, claims to have 5 1/2% truth to it. The historically accurate 5 1/2% is this: Sister Aimee was a wildly popular evangelist who founded the Four Square Church in the
Sundance Film Review: Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
Gathered in a theater in Staten Island, members rap group Wu-Tang Clan reminisce the circumstances that brought them into fame. … read more
Sundance Film Review: This Is Not Berlin
This Is Not Berlin celebrates the (sexual and artistic) counter-cultural liberation that this permutation of the punk scene heralded in the ’80s. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Extremely wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Sundance Film Festival Director: Joe Berlinger It is difficult to ignore the “controversy” surrounding Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy and Lily Collins as Bundy’s longtime girlfriend, Liz. The controversy has to do with many people believing the trailer, and Efron’s performance, would
Sundance Film Review: Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of The Cool Sundance Film Festival Director: Stanley Nelson The greatest names of jazz always include the ultimate in cool: jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. Julliard-trained and performing in jazz ensembles since an early age, Davis was known for his artistic flare, his emotive, vulnerable sound, and his chameleon-like ability to adapt to