AwardsWatch - Film Reviews

Sundance Review: Robin Wright’s ‘Land’ treads a disappointingly predictable path

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

It’s taken Robin Wright a long time to get here. After breaking into the industry over 35 years ago, the veteran actress has finally taken... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘Passing’ is stylized and seductive but remains out of reach

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

In yet another female directorial debut featured at the Sundance Film Festival, acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall premiered her new film, Passing, a stylized look at... Read More

Sundance Review: Werewolf thriller ‘Eight for Silver’ is an inventive but languid Hammer throwback

Clint Worthington January 31, 2021

Writer/director Sean Ellis may have filmed his werewolf creeper Eight for Silver before the pandemic, but it certainly arrives at an opportune moment. A mysterious... Read More

Sundance Review: Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ mines folk-horror inspiration from the pandemic

Clint Worthington January 31, 2021

Sundance has been chock-a-block with films exploring our collective anxieties and traumas surrounding the COVID-19 crisis — from the harrowing accounts out of China from... Read More

Sundance Review: Jakub Piatek’s hostage thriller ‘Prime Time’ doesn’t break new ground but features a star-making turn from Bartosz Bielenia

Catherine Springer January 30, 2021

On the face of it, the new film Prime Time, from Polish director Jakub Piatek, premiering at Sundance Film Festival, has all the makings of... Read More

Sundance Review: Edgar Wright shines a bright light on iconic duo in ‘The Sparks Brothers’

Catherine Springer January 30, 2021

Perhaps the biggest criticism of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is the fact that it tends to only induct the hitmakers, not the... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘Homeroom’ shows us the kids are all right

Clint Worthington January 30, 2021

2020 was hard on a lot of people, but I feel for youth (especially Black and Brown youth) the most. Not only did the COVID-19... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘John and the Hole’ is emptier than it first appears

Clint Worthington January 30, 2021

At first glance, the concept for Pascual Sisto’s debut feature John and the Hole is delightfully devious: a young 13-year-old boy named John (Charlie Shotwell)... Read More