Clint Worthington

Sundance Review: ‘John and the Hole’ is emptier than it first appears

At first glance, the concept for Pascual Sisto’s debut feature John and the Hole is delightfully devious: a young 13-year-old… Read More

January 30, 2021

Sundance Review: Hand-drawn fantasy adventure ‘Cryptozoo’ soaks you in psychedelia

The best way I can think to describe My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea cartoonist Dash Shaw’s Cryptozoo,… Read More

January 29, 2021

Interview: Sean Durkin on how ‘The Nest’ helped him exorcise childhood demons

It’s 1986, and Rory O’Hara (Jude Law) is about to export the American Dream to his home country of London… Read More

November 20, 2020

NYFF Review: Jia Zhangke takes an unfocused look at Chinese history and literature with ‘Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue’

courtesy of Xstream Pictures Jia Zhangke’s firmly established himself as one of China’s most exciting, innovative filmmakers, whether it’s in… Read More

September 30, 2020

NYFF Review: A humble pig gets her time in the spotlight in gripping nature doc ‘Gunda’

courtesy of Neon Victor Kossokofsky loves to prod at the boundaries of what he can do with documentary cinema --… Read More

September 21, 2020

NYFF Review: ‘MLK/FBI’ charts the complexities of a great man and the government agency that worked tirelessly to take him down

“When you construct someone as a great man, there’s almost nothing more satisfying than revealing the opposite.”  This sentence, uttered… Read More

September 18, 2020

NYFF Review: ‘Malmkrog’ is a gorgeous, stately slog through frippery and philosophy

(courtesy of Shellac) It’s Christmas Eve in the late nineteenth century, and snow coats the grounds of the eponymous Transylvanian… Read More

September 17, 2020

Film Review: ‘The Hunt’ aims for Trumpian satire but misses its target

Betty Gilpin is locked and loaded in THE HUNT (courtesy of Universal Pictures) Sensationalism is a powerful marketing tool: just… Read More

March 11, 2020

Sundance Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’ is a poetic and heartfelt masterwork

Alan Kim and Steven Yeun in Lee Isaac Chung's MINARI (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) One of the joys of minari,… Read More

February 1, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘The Last Shift’ is a contrived, entry level effort

Shane Paul Mcghie and Richard Jenkins in THE LAST SHIFT by Andrew Cohn (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by… Read More

January 29, 2020

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