Sundance Film Festival 2019 @ Park City UT 01.25-01.28
By Logan Sorenson [Posted February 8, 2019]
Thirty-four years of small-mountain-town, indie film, hustle and bustle continues in streets of Park City, UT during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Attendees arrive by the thousands from all over the globe to see the latest releases in independent film, the talent involved or perhaps just visiting the beehive state for some shopping and fresh … read more
Tigerland
[Posted February 2, 2019]
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 … read more
Judy and Punch
[Posted February 1, 2019]
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 … read more
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
By Alexander Ortega [Posted February 1, 2019]
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
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
By Ali Shimkus [Posted February 1, 2019]
The opening scenes of The Last Black Man in San Francisco were enough to take my breath away. … read more
The Infiltrators
By Alexander Ortega [Posted January 31, 2019]
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
Sister Aimee
[Posted January 31, 2019]
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 … read more
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
[Posted January 30, 2019]
Gathered in a theater in Staten Island, members rap group Wu-Tang Clan reminisce the circumstances that brought them into fame. … read more
This Is Not Berlin
By Alexander Ortega [Posted January 30, 2019]
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
Extremely wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
[Posted January 30, 2019]
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 … read more