The Tuba Thieves, 2023.Directed by Alison O’Daniel.SYNOPSIS:From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.From its title alone, d/Deaf filmmaker Alison O’Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves may invite expectations of a thrill-a-minute, stranger-than-fiction documentary about a […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Magazine Dreams
Magazine Dreams, 2023.Written and directed by Elijah Bynum. Starring Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page, and Harriet Sansom Harris.SYNOPSIS:A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence.Elijah Bynum (Hot Summer Nights) turns in an assured sophomore feature; a hugely depressing but utterly transfixing drama […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, 2023.Directed by Rachel Lambert. Starring Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia Debonis, Meg Stalter, and Brittany O’Grady.SYNOPSIS:Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.Stefanie Abel Horowitz’s […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Kim’s Video
Kim’s Video, 2023.Directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin.SYNOPSIS:Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily.It’s hardly a startling revelation that streaming killed the rental store, but following a glut of documentaries endlessly pining […]
