‘A Different Man’ Review: Impressive Performances from Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson Highlight Aaron Schimberg’s Thought-Provoking Look at the Masks We All Wear | Sundance 2024
Edward (Sebastian Stan) lives a quiet life in an apartment building that’s falling apart. His face is highly disfigured, and while he acknowledges a childhood... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Sujo’ Review: A Quieter Take on Growing Up in the Drug War | Sundance 2024
Sujo, premiering in the 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s World Dramatic Competition, is the third feature collaboration between Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez. Their previous film,... Read More
‘Stress Positions’ Review: Pandemic-Era Disaster Gays Provide More Cringe Than Comedy | Sundance 2024
Stress Positions, the first feature from writer-director-actor-composer-editor Theda Hammel, isn’t concerned about being likable. The setting — New York City at the frightening start of... Read More
‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: Jaymes Samuel’s Personal Jesus Needs to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff
The Book of Clarence is British writer and director Jaymes Samuel’s third feature film and first departure from Westerns after 2013’s They Die By Dawn... Read More
‘Mean Girls’ Review: Reneé Rapp Shines but this Plastic is not Fantastic
“What’s wrong with me?” sings Gretchen Wieners (Bebe Wood) about 30 minutes into Mean Girls, the new film adaptation of the stage musical, which is... Read More
‘The Beekeeper’ Review: David Ayer’s Latest is Not Buzz-Worthy
The roller coaster career of David Ayer, from hot screenwriter to exciting stylist to perceived Hollywood hack after his latest trifecta of Suicide Squad, Bright,... Read More
‘All of Us Strangers’ Review: Andrew Haigh Devastates with a Masterful Story of Love and Loss in the Best Film of the Year
“Is this real?” The connections to our past can be tenuous, where we lose grasp of even simple memories or they can tether us to... Read More
‘The Color Purple’ Review: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson are Electric but the Film Can’t Break Free from the Stage
Adapting a stage musical for the screen has tripped up a fair share of filmmakers in the past. Hew too closely to the stage version,... Read More
‘The Boys in the Boat’ Review: True Tale Of Resilient Rowers Finds Heart In Traditional Sports Drama
‘The Boys in the Boat’ Review: True Tale Of Resilient Rowers Finds Heart In Traditional Sports Drama
Ask anyone about the 1936 Olympics and they’ll likely reference Jesse Owens as one of the greatest athletes of all time. His four gold medals... Read More
‘The Iron Claw’ Review: Zac Efron Shines Center Ring in Sean Durkin’s Devastating Portrait of Wrestling Royalty
The world of wrestling is one of artifice and performance. It is also one of physical sacrifice and passion. In many ways, Sean Durkin encapsulates... Read More
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