Sundance Review: ‘Homeroom’ shows us the kids are all right
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
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Sundance Review: ‘John and the Hole’ is emptier than it first appears
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
Sundance Review: Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘On the Count of Three’ is a triggering yet quirky journey of suicidal tendencies
It’s not every day you see a movie about a suicide pact. No matter how you look at it, if a suicide pact is the... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Flee’ is a refugee tale unlike any you have ever seen before
No matter what kind of entertainment an artist pursues, they are always in search of a story and the best way to tell it. In... Read More
Sundance Review: Hand-drawn fantasy adventure ‘Cryptozoo’ soaks you in psychedelia
The best way I can think to describe My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea cartoonist Dash Shaw’s Cryptozoo, the product of years of... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Human Factors’ is a slick and engrossing whodunit
At the beginning of Human Factors you settle in thinking it will be your standard home invasion thriller. Albeit a good one, shot and directed... Read More
Sundance Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’ is a poetic and heartfelt masterwork
One of the joys of minari, mischievous grandmother Soonja (Yuh-Jung Youn) tells her equally impish 7-year-old grandson David (Alan Kim), is that the Korean herb... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘The Last Shift’ is a contrived, entry level effort
This may be my first year actually attending the Sundance Film Festival, but I know the hallmarks of the “Sundance film” when I see one.... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘The Nest’ is an astounding showcase for Carrie Coon
Sean Durkin returns nine years after Martha Marcy May Marlene with a tension-filled slow burn “What do you do for a living?” a cab driver... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Miss Juneteenth’ avoids tropes to find truth in the Black experience
Nicole Beharie establishes herself as one of Hollywood’s most underrated talents with her strong and heartfelt performance as Turquoise Jones in Channing Godfrey Peoples first... Read More
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