‘Fairyland’ review: Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy rise above earnest but standard father-daughter fare | Sundance
Film festivals are places where filmmakers can break out, and careers can be launched. Such was the case last year, when Emilia Jones headed the... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Fair Play’ review: Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich are ticking time bombs in Chloe Domont’s look at a rigged balance of power | Sundance
It’s all about power. It’s a ruthless and unforgiving game that everyone must play. Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) seem to be playing... Read More
‘The Starling Girl’ review: Eliza Scanlen is stirring in Laurel Parmet’s insightful and layered look at the power and problems of faith | Sundance
For people of faith, religion can be a very comforting thing. Strict observance and ancient traditions may be seen as restrictive or repressive, but they... Read More
‘Eileen’ review: Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway enhance chilly period drama that doesn’t finish as well as it starts | Sundance
Lonely people seek companionship, and an invitation to socialize with someone new can be life-changing. For Eileen, the protagonist of the film of the same... Read More
‘Theater Camp’ review: Molly Gordon and Ben Platt are riotously funny in mockumentary-style send-up of young actors | Sundance
There’s a certain type of kid who knows they want to be an actor, and attending a theater camp allows them to meet others like... Read More
‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ review: A somber meditation on work/life balance with Daisy Ridley’s finest performance to date | Sundance
In a small coffee shop located in a remote coastal town in Oregon, Fran (Daisy Ridley) walks in to purchase some doughnuts for the members... Read More
‘Fancy Dance’ review: Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson shine in an uplifting Indigenous story | Sundance
Stories that deal with serious subjects don’t always have to be entirely serious. Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance is a winning example. Its inspiration is a tribute to... Read More
‘M3GAN’ review: Blumhouse’s malignant Barbie is bulletproof and has nothing to lose
It’s January. Time to watch a terrible horror movie again… for the nth time. At least it seemed that way when we first heard of... Read More
‘Babylon’ review: Here’s to the fools who dream; Damien Chazelle’s epitaph for cinema is the evil b-side to ‘La La Land’
When Mia begrudgingly attends a party at the start of Damien Chazelle’s magical, much-discussed film La La Land, she stares at her reflection in the... Read More
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ review: James Cameron returns to Pandora and it’s bigger and better than ever
It seems as if for the past thirteen years, James Cameron’s technical marvel only found its way back into the conversation as “that movie that... Read More
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