‘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? In Brides, two teenage girls... Read More
Film Reviews
‘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 warm drink shared with a... Read More
‘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 is the story of The... Read More
‘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 Lee’s Life of Pi, Martin... Read More
‘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 immersive training ground at the... Read More
‘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 charming and poignant update to... Read More
‘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 it with me: “MY CABBAGES!”),... Read More
‘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 such way is journalism, where... Read More
‘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, the new zombie movie from... Read More
‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Spins a Tantalizing Web but Tonatiuh is a Star in the Making [B] – Sundance Film Festival
Amid the recent surge of big screen musicals, Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) returns to the director’s chair with a new adaptation of Kiss of the Spider... Read More
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried is Mother (Ann) in Mona Fastvold’s Miraculous Musical Drama [A] 
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