Sundance 2022 Review: After Yang – “Deftly explores the pain of loss and grief, the power of memory”
In 2017, director Kogonada premiered his debut feature Columbus at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. If you haven’t...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Fresh – “Completely engrossing”
What. An. Absolute. Ride. For a debut feature film, director Mimi Cave has set herself a fairly high bar. I’m not usually much for...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: When You Finish Saving the World – “Jesse Eisenberg’s aesthetically pleasing family drama”
In the Q&A for Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, When you’re Finished Saving the World, star Finn Wolfhard described the helmer as,...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Begins – What to Watch at This Year’s Festival
Today marks the opening of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The festival, this year meant to originally be a hybrid of online and in...
Read MoreReview: The Contrast – “Based on a play of the same name from 1787”
Occasionally there is a film so rough that it falls into the ‘I watched it so you don’t have to’ category, and unfortunately, The...
Read MoreReview: The Only One – “Always stunning to look at”
Based on its poster and title, one might think The Only One a schmaltzy Hallmark-style romance (not to say that those films don’t...
Read MoreReview: The Novice – “An intense and riveting character study”
From the frantic opening sequence of Lauren Hadaway’s The Novice, it is made known this film isn’t for the faint of heart....
Read MoreDVD Review: Best Sellers – “Light-hearted and enjoyable”
Films depicting cross-generational friendships are not hard to find. The Intern with Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro comes to mind. ...
Read MoreReview: tick, tick…BOOM! – “One of the best performances of Andrew Garfield’s career”
On January 25, 1996 at the age of 35, Jonathan Larson passed away suddenly from an aortic aneurysm. The next night, his hit musical Rent...
Read MoreReview: See You Next Christmas – “Easy to enjoy”
With Halloween behind us, the Christmas season is now drawing near. With it we can expect the usual onslaught of holiday fare. We may...
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