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, has all the makings of... Read More
Film Reviews
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 induct the hitmakers, not the... Read More
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. Not only did the COVID-19... Read More
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 boy named John (Charlie Shotwell)... Read More
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 a suicide pact is the... Read More
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 way to tell it. In... Read More
Sundance Review: Hand-drawn fantasy adventure ‘Cryptozoo’ soaks you in psychedelia
The best way I can think to describe My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea cartoonist Dash Shaw’s Cryptozoo, the product of years of... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Human Factors’ is a slick and engrossing whodunit
At the beginning of Human Factors you settle in thinking it will be your standard home invasion thriller. Albeit a good one, shot and directed... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘CODA’ speaks its own language as a potent and moving coming of age story
Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” is a key player in CODA, the new film from writer/director Sian Heder which kicked off the 2021 Sundance Film... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Little Things’ is a criminally boring whodunit that’s more of a whocares
When you hear that three Oscar winners are starring in a movie, normally it would garner at least a heightened interest in the film, at... Read More
North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Named Best Film