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 The Earth […]
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 […]
Sundance darling CODA sells to Apple in historic $25 million deal
Critics loved the film CODA at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. It currently sits on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100%, with reviewers praising its touching story and spin on the “coming-of-age” tropes. Now the film has a new home after a record-breaking deal following its premiere.Apple has landed the worldwide rights to CODA, for what […]
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 similarly-done-with-life friend Val (Jerrod […]
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 – In the Earth
In the Earth, 2021.Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, and Reece Shearsmith.SYNOPSIS:As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep into the forest for a routine equipment run.Ben Wheatley is a filmmaker whose prodigious talents are matched only by the infuriating inconsistency […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, 2021.Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera. Featuring Rita Moreno, Norman Lear, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Justina Machado, Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Estefan, and Morgan Freeman.SYNOPSIS: The film follows Rita Moreno, focusing on her early life and career.There are few living Hollywood legends quite like Rita Moreno. And you don’t […]
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 […]
