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 […]
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 – 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 […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Passing
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 […]
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 […]
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