Reuben Baron

‘Bunnylovr’ Review: Not Even the Songs of Charli XCX Can Save This Aimless Rabbit’s Tale [C] – Sundance Film Festival

When her most insistent client John (Austin Amelio, AMC’s The Walking Dead) asks what sort of things she likes to… Read More

January 31, 2025

‘LUZ’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Immerses Herself in the Style Over Substance of Flora Lau’s Virtual Reality [B-] – Sundance Film Festival

Remember in the 2010s when serious auteurs were trying their hands at 3D filmmaking? There were Oscar winners like Ang… Read More

January 30, 2025

‘Bubble & Squeak’ Review: A Wes Anderson Wannabe That Tastes Like Spoiled Cabbages [D] – Sundance Film Festival

Do you find cabbages inherently hilarious? Yes, everyone likes the cabbage merchant running gag in Avatar: The Last Airbender (say… Read More

January 29, 2025

‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Post-Apocalyptic Podcaster Horror Whiffs on Scares, but Nails Life Amidst Disaster [B-] – Sundance Film Festival

How scared do we allow ourselves to be in the face of disaster? I was not scared watching Didn’t Die,… Read More

January 29, 2025

‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in a Comedy That Won’t Sit Well With Many [C-] – Sundance Film Festival

Every single screening of By Design at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is sold out. The logline – “A woman… Read More

January 23, 2025

‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF

Every year, the Toronto International Film Festival has a handful of small scale science fiction relationship dramas, all hoping to… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘No Other Land’ Review: Basel Adra’s Palestinian Doc is a Story of Survival and Resilience and Demands Your Attention | TIFF

I have to imagine that one of the most difficult parts of making a documentary is that when real life… Read More

September 7, 2024

‘The Luckiest Man in America’ Review: A Game Show Scandal Fuels a Compelling Character Study with an Uncanny Performance by Paul Walter Hauser | TIFF

With the streaming bubble on the verge of collapse and cable in continual freefall, we’re seeing more and more filmmakers… Read More

September 6, 2024

‘Look Back’ Review: Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Manga Masterpiece Becomes a Beautiful Hour of Anime

Look Back’s protagonist, Fujino (voiced by Yuumi Kawai), is introduced drawing gag manga strips for her elementary school newspaper. Her… Read More

July 16, 2024

‘Handling the Undead’ Review: Return of the Slow Zombies | Sundance 2024

In horror fan circles, one topic always guaranteed to spark heated debate is the matter of “fast zombies” vs. “slow… Read More

January 25, 2024

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