Film Festivals

Sundance Review: Despite good performances ‘The Glorias’ can’t liberate itself from convention

Julianne Moore in THE GLORIAS by Julie Taymor (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Daniel McFadden) The Glorias, directed… Read More

January 30, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘The Last Shift’ is a contrived, entry level effort

Shane Paul Mcghie and Richard Jenkins in THE LAST SHIFT by Andrew Cohn (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by… Read More

January 29, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘The Nest’ is an astounding showcase for Carrie Coon

Jude Law and Carrie Coon in THE NEST by Sean Durkin (Courtesy of the Sundance Film Institute) Sean Durkin returns… Read More

January 29, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘Miss Juneteenth’ avoids tropes to find truth in the Black experience

Nicole Beharie and Alexis Chikaeze in MISS JUNETEENTH by Channing Godfrey Peoples (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Rambo… Read More

January 29, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’ wants to get rid of toxic in community

Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie in director Emerald Fennell’s PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (Courtesy of Focus Features) Revenge is a dish… Read More

January 28, 2020

Sundance Review: ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ plays like an awards season cast-off

Anne Hathaway in THE LAST THING HE WANTED by Dee Rees (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Not even half a dozen… Read More

January 28, 2020

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: 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

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

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