‘See You When I See You’ Review: Jay Duplass’s Overly Careful Tale of Family Grief Remains at Arm’s Length [C+] | Sundance
Jay Duplass’s latest feature, See You When I See You, feels light-years removed from the shaggy, conversational looseness that once defined Mumblecore. Where Duplass’s early... Read More
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‘In the Blink of an Eye’ Review: Andrew Stanton’s Feature Film Return is an Epic, Triptych Timeline Stunner [A] | Sundance
Andrew Stanton’s career at Pixar once unfolded with the clean inevitability of a well-told parable. He directed A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, and WALL•E—films that... Read More
‘The Moment’ Review: Charli xcx is brat+ in Trappings of Fame Mock Doc [B] | Sundance
On Friday night at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah, Sundance attendees found themselves in the midst of an unplanned Charli xcx double feature.... Read More
‘Back Home’ Review: In Barely an Hour Tsai Ming-liang Asks ‘What is a Home?’ [B] Venice
Tsai Ming-liang has become a progressively more esoteric filmmaker since he began his career three and a half decades ago. A lot of his recent... Read More
‘Resurrection’ Review: Let Bi Gans Be Bi Gans [A] Cannes
Following the unexpected successes, both critical and commercial (in its native China at least), of 2018’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bi Gan returns with... Read More
‘Woman and Child’ Review: Saeed Roustaee’s Iranian Mother Melodrama Finds a Family Torn Part [A-] Cannes
In spite of Iran’s excessively punitive stifling of artistic expression, its filmmakers continue to knock it out of the park even at the risk of... Read More
‘Last Days’ Review: Sky Yang Excels in Justin Lin’s Muted Missionary Man Adventure [B-] – Sundance Film Festival
Justin Lin’s first non-franchise feature in 18 years, Last Days heralds his return to independent filmmaking. The technical polish he has acquired during his time... Read More
‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: Tie Him Up, Tie Him Down [C+] – Sundance Film Festival
The second feature by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs), Oh, Hi! starts out as a pretty nondescript indie rom-com that typically makes the rounds at... Read More
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review: Rose Byrne is Mother in Manic Maternal Gut Punch [A-] – Sundance Film Festival
No, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is not an amputee’s revenge fantasy. The Sundance Film Festival world premiere from Mary Bronstein (Yeast) is... Read More
‘Jimpa’ Review: John Lithgow and Olivia Colman Charm in Sophie Hyde’s Personal but Distant LGBTQIA+ Centered Feature [C-] – Sundance Film Festival
Following the immensely crowd-pleasing Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde returns to Sundance Film Festival with Jimpa, an ambitious, deeply personal... Read More
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