Sundance 2022 Review: Palm Trees and Power Lines – “A gut-wrenching look at exploitation and predation”
Never are we perhaps more impressionable and vulnerable than when we are teenagers just trying to figure everything out. Certainly that...
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Since its opening day, on January 20th, the Sundance Film Festival has (virtually) screened 84 feature films and 59 short films. The...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Resurrection – “Rebecca Hall proves she’s still one of the best actors working today”
In Resurrection, the sophomore feature from writer-director Andrew Semans, Rebecca Hall plays Margaret, a single mother who has a...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Emily the Criminal – “Another impressive outing from Aubrey Plaza”
Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is absolutely drowning under the weight of her student debt, $70,000 that she owes from her time in art school....
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Happening – “Made with sensitivity and compassion”
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, Happening is one of three films at Sundance this year to highlight...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Breaking – “John Boyega really truly embodies the torment and distress of Easley.”
In her feature debut, 892, director Abi Damaris Corbin (also co-writing with Kwame Kwei-Armah) crafts a film based on the true story of...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Lucy and Desi – “Packs a surprisingly emotional punch”
When I was a kid, sick days home from school were spent watching I Love Lucy episodes that were re-run on one of our local television...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Living – “Truly elegant in its execution”
Every day, Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy) catches the same train into London. He always sees his employees on the commute but never sits with...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Am I OK? – “Full of humour but also a lot of heart”
Lucy (Dakota Johnson) and Jane (Sonoya Mizuno) are inseparable. They have the type of friendship that finishes each other’s...
Read MoreSundance 2022 Review: Cha Cha Real Smooth – “A lovely, delightful crowdpleaser”
Once upon a time, long ago, when I was in my twenties, there was a movie released called Garden State. If you haven’t watched it,...
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