Eileen, 2023. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague, and Marin Ireland. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Anyone who saw William Oldroyd’s feature debut Lady Macbeth should know to expect more from his follow-up than the […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Talk to Me
Talk to Me, 2022. Written and directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Starring Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, and Zoe Terakes. SYNOPSIS: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far […]
Video Review – Fair Play is Netflix’s Next Best Picture
EJ Moreno with a video review of Sundance darling Fair Play… In the era of films we are getting now, it’s hard to balance themes with the story. Fair Play walks the fine line in what critic EJ Moreno calls the best screenplay of Sundance 2023 and a future awards contender for Netflix. Director Chloe […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation, 2023. Written and Directed by Sophie Bartes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, and Jean-Marc Barr. SYNOPSIS: A rising tech company executive, Rachel lands a coveted spot at the Womb Center, which offers couples a convenient (and shareable) maternity by way of detachable artificial wombs, or pods. Sophie Barthes’ […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Judy Blume Forever
Judy Blume Forever, 2023. Directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok. Starring Judy Blume. SYNOPSIS: Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex. You won’t find many pop-culture figures more deserving […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Landscape with Invisible Hand
Landscape with Invisible Hand, 2023. Written and directed by Cory Finley. Starring Tiffany Haddish, Asante Blackk, Kylie Rogers, Josh Hamilton, Michael Gandolfini, and William Jackson Harper. SYNOPSIS: A pair of teenagers come up with a plan to ensure their families’ futures when an occupying alien race’s promise of economic prosperity leaves most of humanity impoverished […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings, 2023. Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, and Jeannie Berlin. SYNOPSIS: A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Writer-director Nicole Holofcener reunites with her Enough Said star Julia Louis-Dreyfus for […]
Video Review – Infinity Pool is the first WTF movie experience of 2023
EJ Moreno with a video review of Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool… Infinity Pool kicks off the year with what will undoubtedly be the most twisted film of 2023. Brandon Cronenberg is the new gross-out king! In what critic EJ Moreno calls “sick, twisted, offensive, and so deliciously fun,” this 2023 Sundance Film Festival standout is […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Starling Girl
The Starling Girl, 2023. Written and directed by Laurel Parmet. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Austin Abrams, Wrenn Schmidt, and Jessamine Burgum. SYNOPSIS: 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church. Laurel Parmet makes a fundamentally […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Deepest Breath
The Deepest Breath, 2023. Directed by Laura McGann. SYNOPSIS: A champion free-diver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the free-diving world. A look at the thrilling rewards – and inescapable risks – of chasing dreams through the depths of the […]
