Sundance Film Festival 2015
Sundance Film Review: Seoul Searching
In an attempt to have foreign-born teenagers become reacquainted with their native culture, the South Korean government developed a summer camp program complete with lessons in language, calligraphy and martial arts. Based on a true story, director Benson Lee introduces us to the 1986 class of misfits comprised of the punk, the princess, the ladies man, the conservative, and the racist military brat. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Visit
The concept behind Michael Madsen’s documentary is its greatest asset. Rather than interviewing scholars on events that occurred in the past, Madsen gathers a slew of interviewees to discuss a scenario that has never happened. … read more
Sundance Film Review: City of Gold
City of Gold chronicles the career of a quietly rebellious food critic as he gleefully eschews the stereotypical snobbery that most food critics share. This film is an excellent treatment of a talented critic’s passion for diverse food—and it comes equipped with a restaurant guide in the end credits to boot. … read more
Sundance Film Review: True Story
The terse chemistry between Hill and Franco is gripping to watch—it’s never quite clear who is using whom until the film’s final moments. These two actors deftly play out their characters’ battle for psychological dominance. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Reversal
While Reversal visually showcases the unsympathetic demise of the disgusting male antagonists, the underwhelming conclusion of the chief villain leaves one craving a tad more vigilante justice. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Forbidden Room
Ah, this was the Sundance film I was waiting for! If you’ve seen The Saddest Music in the World, then you know what to expect from inveterate experimental filmmakers Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Wild Tales
Wild Tales comprises short, potentially stand-alone films that explore morbid and/or grave, realistic situational irony and revenge … and it’s fucking hilarious. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Royal Road
As Director Jenni Olson travels on an Amtrak train from San Francisco to Los Angeles, she verbally paints a stunning portrait of the unassuming structures and singles out minute details that transport viewers directly into her shoes. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Being Evel
With archival footage and hilarious dialogue taking up the majority of the flick, Director Daniel Jungle unveils both the stunts and the darker side of America’s favorite stuntman Robert Craig Knievel aka Evel Knievel. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Station to Station
Station to Station is, essentially, a quilt of footage orchestrated by Director Doug Aitken on a train from the Atlantic to the Pacific over the course of 4,000 miles. Aitken introduced the film before the SLC Library Theatre screening as a synthesis of different artistic mediums that connect in a filmic juncture, which they initially ventured to shape into a traditional documentary but later decided to condense different portions into 61 one-minute segments to convey certain points of the train’s journey. … read more