Snow Falls, 2023.Directed by Colton Tran. Starring Anna Grace Barlow, Colton Tran, Victoria Moroles, James Gaisford, and Johnny Berchtold.SYNOPSIS:A freak snow storm strands five friends in a remote cabin.While there have been some excellent flicks which, in the past, have successfully harnessed the tropes of this particular kind of horror to great effect like Evil […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Eileen
Eileen, 2023.Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague, and Marin Ireland.SYNOPSIS:A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.Anyone who saw William Oldroyd’s feature debut Lady Macbeth should know to expect more from his follow-up than the mere period romantic drama […]
Movie Review – Glorious (2022)
Glorious, 2022. Directed by Rebekah McKendry Starring Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons, Sylvia Grace Crim, Tordy Clark and André LamarSYNOPSIS:After a breakup, Wes (Ryan Kwanten) ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Soon Wes realises he is involved in a situation […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Cat Person
Cat Person, 2023.Directed by Susanna Fogel. Starring Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, and Isabella Rossellini.SYNOPSIS:Follows the brief relationship between twenty-year-old sophomore college student Margot, and an older man Robert, who is a regular at the movie theater where Margot works.The promise of adapting Kristen Roupenian’s iconic 2017 short story Cat […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Iron Butterflies
Iron Butterflies, 2022.Written and directed by Roman Liubyi.SYNOPSIS:In summer 2014, sunflower fields and coal mines in eastern Ukraine turn into a 12 square kilometers crime scene. A multi-layered investigation into the downing of flight MH17, in which a butterfly-shaped shrapnel found in the pilot’s body implicated the state responsible for a war crime that remains […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Disappearance of Shere Hite
The Disappearance of Shere Hite, 2023.Directed by Nicole Newnham.SYNOPSIS:Shere Hite’s bestselling book The Hite Report liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and opened current conversations about gender and sexuality.The latest documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nicole Newnham (Crip Camp) practically feels […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World, 2023.Directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto.SYNOPSIS:On March 20, 1995, a deadly gas attack in the Tokyo subway sent the nation and its people into chaos. This exploration of Aum Shinrikyo, who were responsible for the attack, involves the participation of those who lived through the […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023.Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Starring Michael J. Fox.SYNOPSIS:Follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.It’s incredibly rare for an actor who has stepped back from public view […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Fair Play
Fair Play, 2023.Written and directed by Chloe Domont. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, and Eddie Marsan.SYNOPSIS:An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.Guaranteed to be one of the most talked-about films from this year’s Sundance, writer-director Chloe Domont’s […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Tuba Thieves
The Tuba Thieves, 2023.Directed by Alison O’Daniel.SYNOPSIS:From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.From its title alone, d/Deaf filmmaker Alison O’Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves may invite expectations of a thrill-a-minute, stranger-than-fiction documentary about a […]
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