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Robert Kojder

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

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Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, 2026. Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka. Starring Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, You, Yoh Yoshida, Charley Flyte, Soji Arai, Chelsea Gonzalez, Derek Mio, and Damián Alcázar. SYNOPSIS: Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back […]

Movie Review – Shelter (2026)

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Shelter, 2026. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. Starring Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Gordon Alexander, Harriet Walter, Bronson Webb, Derek Carroll, Tom Wu, Sofian Francis, Steven Blades, Billy Clements, Bally Gill, Anna Crilly, Tomi May, Adam Collins, Ryan Fletcher, and Bryan Vigier. SYNOPSIS: A recluse on a remote Scottish […]

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Union County

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Union County, 2026. Written and Directed by Adam Meeks. Starring Will Poulter, Noah Centineo, Emily Meade, Elise Kibler, Danny Wolohan, Sylvie Mix, AJ Hunt, Brandon Terrell, Gemma Nelms, Kevin P. Braig, and Annette Deao. SYNOPSIS: Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amidst the opioid epidemic […]

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Zi

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Zi, 2026. Written and Directed by Kogonada. Starring Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha. SYNOPSIS: In Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night – and possibly her life. Not knowing whether one is existing in the past, present, or […]

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Josephine

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Josephine, 2026. Written and Directed by Beth de Araújo. Starring Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy, Eleanore Pienta, Dana Millican, Michael Angelo Covino, Stefanie Estes, and Michael X. Sommers. SYNOPSIS: After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain […]

Movie Review – Arco (2025)

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Arco, 2025. Directed by Ugo Bienvenu. Featuring the voice talents of Juliano Krue Valdi, Romy Fay, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, Flea, Roeg Sutherland, America Ferrera, Zoya Bogomolova, and Wyatt Danieluk. SYNOPSIS: In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an […]

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Burn

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Burn, 2026. Written and Directed by Makoto Nagahisa. Starring Nana Mori. SYNOPSIS: Runaway teen Ju-Ju finds belonging with misfit youths in Kabukicho, but betrayal transforms her haven into a prison, forcing her to reclaim control. A bleakly authentic look at an unexplored Japanese subculture with, at times, a documentary-reminiscent aesthetic, writer/director Makoto Nagahisa’s depressingly moving […]

Movie Review – Primate (2025)

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Primate, 2025. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur, Jessica Alexander, Victoria Wyant, Benjamin Cheng, Gia Hunter, Miguel Torres Umba, Ben Pronsky, Kae Alexander, Tienne Simon, and Charlie Mann. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival. It checks out that director Johannes Roberts […]

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Fing!

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Fing!, 2026. Directed by Jeffrey Walker. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Blake Harrison, Taika Waititi, Iona Bell, Penelope Wilton, David Walliams, Richard Roxburgh, Robyn Nevin, Kaiya Thayn, Sidhant Anand, Kian’dre Price, and Adam Fraser. SYNOPSIS: Librarians Mr. and Mrs. Meek indulge their demanding daughter Myrtle’s every wish. When she wants a Fing, they search deep in the […]

2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Take Me Home

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Take Me Home, 2026. Written and Directed by Liz Sargent. Starring Anna Sargent, Ali Ahn, Victor Slezak, Marceline Hugot, Shane Harper, April Matthis, and Shannon DeVido. SYNOPSIS: Anna cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future […]