Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Stand… There is a decadence to the world of Randall Flagg which provides this show with some precious life blood. Ensconced within an ivory tower of gaudy extravagance, he surveys the domain like a feudal lord, bestowing leniency upon his subjects. That this perfect personification of hell […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Taming the Garden
Taming the Garden, 2021. Written and directed by Salomé Jashi. SYNOPSIS: Documentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country’s former prime minister. Documentarian Salomé Jashi captures environmental disarray in a singularly startling – if extremely methodical – manner […]
Netflix Review – Kid Cosmic
Lauren Miles reviews the Netflix animated series, Kid Cosmic… Kid Cosmic leaps onto the screen in a whirlwind of irrepressible energy. The show follows the lead character, known only as ‘Kid’ as he discovers five cosmic stones that bestow superpowers on their wielders. Kid uses the stones to form a team of unlikely superheroes, and […]
On The Count of Three: A Nihilist Dark Comedy | Sundance 2021 Video Review
On The Count of Three, 2021. Directed 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. Would you do anything for your best friend? On The Count of Three puts […]
Movie Review – Still The Water (2021)
Still The Water, 2021 Written and Directed by Susan Rodgers. Starring Ry Barrett, Colin Price, Christina McInulty, Spencer Graham, Sherri Lee-Pike, and Thane Clarke. SYNOPSIS: The men in a broken family reunite many years after a domestic tragedy drives them apart. Family trauma is at the centre of Susan Rodgers’ Still The Water, a film […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – A Glitch in the Matrix
Glitch in the Matrix, 2020. Directed by Rodney Ascher. SYNOPSIS: Are we in fact living in a simulation? This is the question postulated, wrestled with, and ultimately argued for through archival footage, compelling interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a collection of cases from some of our most iconoclastic figures in contemporary […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic shooting, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. In the wake of any tragedy, those affected scramble to make some sense of what’s happened in order to move on […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Ailey
Ailey, 2021. Directed by Jamila Wignot. SYNOPSIS: A feature-length portrait of the life and work of dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey. “Sometimes your name becomes bigger than yourself.” A single line from Ailey sums up the enigmatic figure at the center of this new documentary. That’s not to say the iconic dancer and choreographer wasn’t […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Marvelous and the Black Hole
Marvelous and the Black Hole, 2020. Written and directed by Kate Tsang. Starring Miya Cech, Rhea Perlman, Leonardo Nam, Kannon Omachi, Paulina Lule, and Keith Powell. SYNOPSIS: A teenage delinquent teams up with a surly children’s party magician to navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons. As a coming-of-age comedy with a quirky title, Marvelous […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Wild Indian
Wild Indian, 2021. Written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Starring Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth, Phoenix Wilson, and Julian Gopal. SYNOPSIS: Two men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate. If the joy of film festivals often lies in witnessing the emergence of […]
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