Passing, 2021. Written and directed by Rebecca Hall. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: Follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities. Rebecca Hall makes a bold feature debut with this adaptation […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Searchers
Searchers, 2021. Directed by Pacho Velez. SYNOPSIS: Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone. Among the most mentally debilitating casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is surely the absence of a traditional dating scene in most countries around the world, as […]
In The Earth is Ben Wheatley’s epic return to horror! | Sundance 2021 Video Review
In The Earth, 2021. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, and Reece Shearsmith. Filmmaker Ben Wheatley recently debuted his remake of Rebecca on Netflix and it was met with mixed reactions. Thankfully Wheatley quickly returned to horror as this will surely be one of his most memorable films ever. In […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Prime Time
Prime Time, 2021. Co-written and directed by Jakub Piątek. Starring Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Popławska, Andrzej Kłak, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Dobromir Dymecki, and Monika Frajczyk. SYNOPSIS: In 1999, Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world. Dog Day Afternoon. Network. The King of Comedy. The touchstones […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Try Harder!
Try Harder!, 2021. Directed by Debbie Lum. SYNOPSIS: In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams. Debbie Lum’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Try Harder! offers an intimate window into […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, 2021. Directed by Marilyn Agrelo. SYNOPSIS: A look at the history of the long-running children’s TV show “Sesame Street.” There will surely never again be a children’s TV phenom on the scale of Sesame Street – and the abundance of choice afforded by modern streaming services can only […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sabaya
Sabaya, 2021. Written and directed by Hogir Hirori. SYNOPSIS: With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad, and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria. Hogir Hirori (The […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mother Schmuckers
Mother Schmuckers, 2021. Written and directed by Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit. Starring Harpo Guit, Maxi Delmelle, Claire Bodson, Mathieu Amalric, and Habib Ben Tanfous. SYNOPSIS: Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother’s beloved dog, they […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – On the Count of Three
On the Count of Three, 2021. Directed by Jerrod Carmichael. Starring Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, J.B. Smoove, Lavell Crawford, and Henry Winkler. SYNOPSIS: Two guns. Two best friends. And a pact to end their lives when the day is done. In one of this film’s most memorable scenes, Christopher Abbott’s suicidal Kevin asks his […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – How It Ends
How It Ends, 2021. Written and directed by Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones. Starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Olivia Wilde, Fred Armisen, Helen Hunt, and Lamorne Morris. SYNOPSIS: On the last day on Earth, one woman goes on a journey through L.A. to make it to her last party before the world ends, running into an […]
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