‘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
Film Reviews
‘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
‘Last Days’ Review: Sky Yang Excels in Justin Lin’s Muted Missionary Man Adventure [B-] – Sundance Film Festival
Justin Lin’s first non-franchise feature in 18 years, Last Days heralds his return to independent filmmaking. The technical polish he has acquired during his time... Read More
‘Rebuilding’ Review: Josh O’Connor Quietly Stuns in Max Walker-Silverman’s Solemn but Hopeful Second Feature [A] – Sundance Film Festival
“It’s funny, the things you pack and the things you leave,” says Dusty (Josh O’Connor) to a friend in the aftermath of the wildfire that... Read More
‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: Tie Him Up, Tie Him Down [C+] – Sundance Film Festival
The second feature by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs), Oh, Hi! starts out as a pretty nondescript indie rom-com that typically makes the rounds at... Read More
‘Omaha’ Review: John Margaro Will Break Your Heart as a Widowed Dad in Nuanced Family Drama [A] – Sundance Film Festival
One of the most quietly devastating films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is also one of the festival’s sleeper hits. Director Cole Webley’s feature... Read More
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review: Rose Byrne is Mother in Manic Maternal Gut Punch [A-] – Sundance Film Festival
No, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is not an amputee’s revenge fantasy. The Sundance Film Festival world premiere from Mary Bronstein (Yeast) is... Read More
‘Jimpa’ Review: John Lithgow and Olivia Colman Charm in Sophie Hyde’s Personal but Distant LGBTQIA+ Centered Feature [C-] – Sundance Film Festival
Following the immensely crowd-pleasing Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde returns to Sundance Film Festival with Jimpa, an ambitious, deeply personal... Read More
‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in a Comedy That Won’t Sit Well With Many [C-] – Sundance Film Festival
Every single screening of By Design at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is sold out. The logline – “A woman swaps bodies with a chair,... Read More
‘One of Them Days’ Review: KeKe Palmer and SZA are Just Trying to Make it Through the Day Alive but Obvious Madcap Comedy [B-]
We’ve all been there before. The hustle to grind away the few precious hours in the day in order to see the completion of a... Read More
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