Sundance Review: Sometimes I Think About Dying Makes You Feel Like Living
This review is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: Fran (Daisy Ridley) isn’t a happy person — but that might just be because she doesn’t know what happiness is. As a...
View ArticleSundance Review: The Hilarious and Authentic Theater Camp Takes Center Stage
This review is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: “You need to know that only 3% of people make it. The rest end up in a mental facility — or a Go Go box in Hell’s...
View ArticleRandall Park’s Shortcomings Playfully Pokes at the Arthouse World: Sundance...
This review is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: Ben is a jerk; Ben is miserable; Ben is a hypocrite. Most importantly, Ben is our protagonist. In Randall Park’s...
View ArticleInfinity Pool Sends You Down a Road of Hedonistic Excess (In a Good Way): Review
This review is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: More than just a chip off the old block, Brandon Cronenberg (son of David) has quickly carved out a bloody, putrid...
View ArticleSundance 2023 Review Roundup: The Best Films We Saw This Year
This article is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Every year, the Sundance Film Festival presents a dazzling crop of great indie films, with attendees always excited for the...
View ArticleJulia Louis-Dreyfus Learns the Cost of Honesty in the Hilarious You Hurt My...
This review is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: At first blush, Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her husband Don (Tobias Menzies) are the picture of a healthy,...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival 2024 Lineup Features Brian Eno, DEVO, Lollapalooza...
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its 2024 lineup, featuring 91 total projects across feature film and episodic program categories. Among the world premieres during the festival — which returns...
View ArticleKristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Are Robots In Love In the Sweetly Existential...
In this Sundance 2024 premiere, a satellite beacon and a buoy find each other after the apocalypse. Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Are Robots In Love In the Sweetly Existential Love Me: Review Liz...
View ArticleSundance Review: Dìdi Skates Into the Summer of ’08 as a New and Noteworthy...
This Sundance premiere, directed by the Oscar-nominated Sean Wang, is a great new entry into the "call your mom" canon. Sundance Review: Dìdi Skates Into the Summer of ’08 as a New and Noteworthy...
View ArticleStress Positions Puts John Early In the Middle of Pandemic Hell: Sundance Review
Theda Hammel's acerbic queer comedy stars John Early, crumbling under the stress of COVID and other issues. Stress Positions Puts John Early In the Middle of Pandemic Hell: Sundance Review Clint...
View ArticleSundance Review: Good One Tests The Limits of Familial Trust
This review is part of our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: Sam (Lily Collias) is wise beyond her years, a 17-year-old girl with a solid head on her shoulders and an innate...
View ArticleThelma Review: A Grandma Goes Full John Wick In Light and Fun Sundance Premiere
In Josh Margolin's debut feature film, Nebraska's June Squibb is on a mission of vengeance. Thelma Review: A Grandma Goes Full John Wick In Light and Fun Sundance Premiere Liz Shannon Miller
View ArticleEvery Little Thing Is About Life as Much as It Is About Hummingbirds:...
This review is part of our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Before watching the Sundance documentary Every Little Thing, I had no idea that the Bob Marley song I would have told you was...
View ArticleBlack Box Diaries Review: A Journalist Bravely Fights for Justice in...
This review is part of our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: “Close your eyes and take a deep breath if you need to.” This disclaimer, written in gentle cursive in the opening...
View ArticleSundance 2024 Review Roundup: The Best Films We Saw This Year, Ranked
Rappers, coups, drugs, zombies, grandmas, and hummingbirds all got the spotlight in some of 2024's best Sundance movies. Sundance 2024 Review Roundup: The Best Films We Saw This Year, Ranked...
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