‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ review: Raven Jackson’s debut is a remarkable, profound achievement in visual, emotional storytelling | Sundance
From the moment Raven Jackson’s transcendent feature debut, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, begins, its character’s legacy is sketched in the familiar. A young... Read More
Film Reviews
‘You Hurt My Feelings’ review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is perfect in Nicole Holofcener’s sincere but slightly overwrought comedy | Sundance
Writer/director Nicole Holofcener seems to have filled the void left in 2012 when Nora Ephron, the unofficial queen of adult sophisticated comedy, passed away. It’s... Read More
‘Landscape with Invisible Hand’ review: Cory Finley’s creative near-future alien invasion comedy has plenty to say about humanity | Sundance
What if aliens invaded and weren’t exactly hostile, but just condescending? The unique vision of Landscape with Invisible Hand imagines a world in which the... Read More
‘Infinity Pool’ review: Though beautiful to look at, Brandon Cronenberg’s twisted horror stays in the shallow end | Sundance
Brandon Cronenberg, the son of filmmaker David Cronenberg, has never shied away from sharing his father’s body horror sensibilities. I’m all for watching an extremely... Read More
‘Bad Behaviour’ review: Alice Englert’s blistering debut can barely contain a ferocious and devastatingly good Jennifer Connelly | Sundance
Motherhood is always an intriguing subject for storytelling, but Hollywood has usually played it safe with the topic, often distilling the relationship between mother and... Read More
‘Magazine Dreams’ review: A spectacular performance by Jonathan Majors saves bloated thriller from being a wasted exercise | Sundance
Right as we are introduced to Killian Maddox (Jonathan Majors), he is beyond frustrated with the world around him. In a session with his appointed... Read More
‘Cassandro’ review: Gael García Bernal shines as the legendary lucha libre in crowd-pleasing biopic | Sundance
In the world of professional wrestling, there is a suspension of belief that one must have in order to believe what they are witnessing. The... Read More
‘Flora and Son’ review: John Carney delivers another masterful music movie with a spectacular Eve Hewson | Sundance
Anyone can decide to become a musician. That doesn’t mean they’re set for success, but measuring that definition is different for everyone. Writer-director John Carney,... Read More
‘Rotting in the Sun’ review: Sebastián Silva’s raunchy, indulgent self-referential satire shocks and thrills | Sundance
Sebastián Silva wants to die. That is Sebastián Silva, the fictional artist protagonist of Rotting in the Sun, written and directed by real-life Chilean auteur... Read More
‘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
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