Land, 2021.Directed by Robin Wright. Starring Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie, Brad Leland, and Sarah Dawn Pledge.SYNOPSIS:A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.Initially setting itself up as a tale of reclusive and isolated grieving, Land surprises and takes the form of a story of survival in […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Blazing World
The Blazing World, 2021.Co-written and directed by Carlson Young. Starring Udo Kier, Carlson Young, Dermot Mulroney, Vinessa Shaw, John Karna, and Soko.SYNOPSIS:Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.Multi-hyphenate writer-director-actress Carlson […]
The Stand Episode 5 Review – ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’
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 exists […]
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 in her new film […]
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 they […]
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 that theory to the […]
Movie Review – Still The Water (2021)
Still The Water, 2021Written 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 about a man returning […]
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 culture.Filmmaker Rodney Ascher […]
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 with their lives, but […]
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 essential or bombastic himself, […]
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