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 of Nella Larsen’s 1929 […]
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 elucidated with warmth and […]
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 a subject most viewers […]
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 are myriad for Polish […]
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 partially explain that. Orson […]
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 Deminer) returns with another […]
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 have 24 hours […]
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 eclectic cast of […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Playing with Sharks
Playing with Sharks, 2021.Written and Directed by Sally Aitken. Featuring Valerie Taylor.SYNOPSIS:Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, 2021.Directed by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri. Featuring Björn Andrésen.SYNOPSIS:In 1971, at the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaims his Tadzio as “the world’s most beautiful boy.” A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs on Björn Andresen’s life.If Alex Winter’s recent documentary Showbiz Kids felt […]
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