Sundance 2024 Review: Kidnapping Inc. – “embraces the satirical craziness of the concept”
A botched abduction for hire places hapless criminals and buddies Doc and Zoe in the middle of a conspiracy that threatens the...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Every Little Thing – “an uplifting, emotional, beautiful film.”
I can only hope that director Sally Aitken continues to create documentaries about extraordinary women whom you may not know by name. In...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Rob Peace
A mathematical genius growing up in an impoverished section of Newark, Rob Peace is determined to prove the innocence of his father who...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Veni Vidi Vici – “a very dark social satire.”
The Maynards literally hunt and kill those who threaten their privilege lifestyle without impunity. A cyclist participating in a road race...
Read MoreA Film A Day – Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
I have not really been planning out what film I will watch each day. They have usually been spur of the moment type decisions or something...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: A Real Pain – “It’s funny, it’s touching and most importantly, it feels authentic.”
What is pain exactly? Not the physical kind, but the emotional. How does it originate and accumulate inside ones self and how do we...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Never Look Away – “Margaret Moth was an amazing, enigmatic woman.”
Margaret Moth was an amazing, enigmatic woman. Spending the vast majority of her time in the male-dominated world of combat journalism,...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: In the Land of Brothers – “some stunning moments”
Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Black Box Diaries – “brave journalism and filmmaking”
After being sexually assaulted by a high-profile member of the Japanese establishment, journalist Shiori Ito conducts an independent...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Exhibiting Forgiveness – “a complex, authentic family drama”
At first, artist and now director Titus Kaphar started out making a documentary about his life. But eventually, he decided that he could...
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