Film Reviews

Sundance Review: Robin Wright’s ‘Land’ treads a disappointingly predictable path

It’s taken Robin Wright a long time to get here. After breaking into the industry over 35 years ago, the… Read More

February 1, 2021

Sundance Review: ‘Passing’ is stylized and seductive but remains out of reach

In yet another female directorial debut featured at the Sundance Film Festival, acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall premiered her new film,… Read More

February 1, 2021

Sundance Review: Werewolf thriller ‘Eight for Silver’ is an inventive but languid Hammer throwback

Writer/director Sean Ellis may have filmed his werewolf creeper Eight for Silver before the pandemic, but it certainly arrives at… Read More

January 31, 2021

Sundance Review: Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ mines folk-horror inspiration from the pandemic

Sundance has been chock-a-block with films exploring our collective anxieties and traumas surrounding the COVID-19 crisis -- from the harrowing… Read More

January 31, 2021

Sundance Review: Jakub Piatek’s hostage thriller ‘Prime Time’ doesn’t break new ground but features a star-making turn from Bartosz Bielenia

On the face of it, the new film Prime Time, from Polish director Jakub Piatek, premiering at Sundance Film Festival,… Read More

January 30, 2021

Sundance Review: Edgar Wright shines a bright light on iconic duo in ‘The Sparks Brothers’

Perhaps the biggest criticism of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is the fact that it tends to only… Read More

January 30, 2021

Sundance Review: ‘Homeroom’ shows us the kids are all right

2020 was hard on a lot of people, but I feel for youth (especially Black and Brown youth) the most.… Read More

January 30, 2021

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: Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘On the Count of Three’ is a triggering yet quirky journey of suicidal tendencies

It’s not every day you see a movie about a suicide pact. No matter how you look at it, if… Read More

January 30, 2021

Sundance Review: ‘Flee’ is a refugee tale unlike any you have ever seen before

No matter what kind of entertainment an artist pursues, they are always in search of a story and the best… Read More

January 29, 2021

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