Reviews

Sundance Review: Benh Zeitlin’s ‘Wendy’ finds a director unable to grow up

Devin France in Wendy by Benh Zeitlin (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Eight years ago, writer/director Benh Zeitlin’s first feature film… Read More

January 27, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘Downhill’ – Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell soar in high altitude comedy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrel in Downhill (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Searchlight Pictures is lucky the first movie released under… Read More

January 27, 2020

Sundance Review: Miranda July’s ‘Kajillionaire’ exists between the mundane and the profound

Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger in Kajillionaire by Miranda July (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by… Read More

January 26, 2020

Sundance Review: Moss delivers a ferocious, electrifying performance in Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’

Elisabeth Moss and Odessa Young in SHIRLEY by Josephine Decker (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Newcomer Odessa Young delivers a breakthrough… Read More

January 25, 2020

Review: ‘The Gentlemen’ is a gangster’s paradise

Michelle Dockery and Matthew McConaughey in THE GENTLEMEN (Photo Credit: Christopher Raphael) The Gentlemen is a highly stylized, well-written gangster romp that’s entertaining as hell.… Read More

January 25, 2020

Film Review: ‘Greed’ isn’t good

Isla Fisher, Steve Coogan and Asa Butterfield in GREED (Sony Pictures Classics) Despite jumping around genres with seemingly prolific ease, writer/director Michael Winterbottom… Read More

January 25, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is a haunting work that cuts right to the bone

Sidney Flanigan in Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) It’s been three years since writer/director… Read More

January 25, 2020

Sundance Review: Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’ day

Yaani King Mondschein, Elle Lorraine, and Lena Waithe in Bad Hair by Justin Simien (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) At nine… Read More

January 24, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘Taylor Swift: Miss Americana’

Taylor Swift in Miss Americana by Lana Wilson (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) When the title card for the new Netflix documentary,… Read More

January 24, 2020

Film Review: ‘Dolittle’ is the year’s first Razzie contender

DOLITTLE is a doggone mess (Courtesy of Universal Pictures) Dolittle is a befuddling and bewildering mess that's barely passable for… Read More

January 16, 2020

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