Reviews

‘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

‘Brides’ Review: Innocence is Lost as Two Girls Fall Prey to Extremism in Nadia Hall’s Empathetic Story [B] – Sundance Film Festival

When you don’t feel accepted or understood at home or in the world outside of it, where can you go?… Read More

January 31, 2025

‘Train Dreams’ Review: Joel Edgerton Stars in a Moving Examination of Life’s Fleeting, Stunning Nature [A] – Sundance Film Festival

Days spent in the lush green forests of the Pacific Northwest, a child’s giggles bubbling up by a stream, a… Read More

January 30, 2025

‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: James Griffiths’s Oddball Charmer Has a Song in its Heart [A] – Sundance Film Festival

There is something satisfying and sweet about watching a diva navigate uncomfortable circumstances that slowly melt their icy heart. This… Read More

January 30, 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

‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner Charm in Absurdist Tale of Love in the Time of the Iraq War [B] – Sundance Film Festival

Atropia exists somewhere between reality and fiction, between earnest emotion and absurdity. This title is also the name of the… Read More

January 30, 2025

‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: Andrew Ahn Finds Fun and Heart in Frothy Reboot of the Gay Classic [B+] – Sundance Film Festival

It’s hard to remake a film that means so much to people, but Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet is a… Read More

January 29, 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

‘Opus’ Review: Ayo Edebiri Fights the Evils of Access Journalism in Frustrating Satirical Thriller That’s More Parvum Than Magnum [C+] – Sundance Film Festival

Anyone who’s paid attention to the last two decades can understand how celebrity worship has warped the cultural zeitgeist. One… 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

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