Girls State, 2024. Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. SYNOPSIS: Follows 500 adolescent girls from all across Missouri as they come together for a week-long immersion in a sophisticated democratic laboratory, where they organize a Supreme Court to consider the most contentious issues of the day. In 2020, documentary filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Ibelin
Ibelin, 2024. Directed by Benjamin Ree. Featuring Mats Steen, Kelsey Ellison, Zoe Croft, Paul Wild, and Elena Pitsiaeli. SYNOPSIS: Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Kneecap
Kneecap, 2024. Written and Directed by Rich Peppiatt. Starring Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, DJ Próvai, Josie Walker, Simone Kirby, Michael Fassbender, Cathal Mercer, Arlene Martine Morris, Adam Best, Fionnuala Flaherty, Donagh Deeney, Cathal Mercer, Matthew Sharpe, and Jessica Reynolds. SYNOPSIS: There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Exhibiting Forgiveness
Exhibiting Forgiveness, 2024. Written and Directed by Titus Kaphar. Starring André Holland, Andra Day, John Earl Jelks, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Matthew Elam, G.L. McQueary, Chip Carriere, Ian Foreman, Tia Dionne Hodge, Daniel Michael Barriere, Jaime Ray Newman, Peter Van Wagner, Tony Torn, Cindy Jackson, and Justin Hofstad. SYNOPSIS: A Black artist on the path to success […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – A Real Pain
A Real Pain, 2024. Written and Directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Ellora Torchia, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes. SYNOPSIS: Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Love Me
Love Me, 2024. Written and Directed by Sam & Andy Zuchero. Starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun. SYNOPSIS: Long after humanity’s extinction, a buoy named Me and a satellite named Iam meet online and fall in love. It’s never a good sign when “Oh, this is a movie about how relationships are hard” pops into your […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Thelma
Thelma, 2024. Written and Directed by Josh Margolin. Starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Aidan Fiske, Chase Kim, Nicole Byer, David Giuliani, Annie O’Donnell, Ruben Rabasa, Bunny Levine, Coral Peña, Ivy Jones, Quinn Beswick, and Sandy Gimpel. SYNOPSIS: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Handling the Undead
Handling the Undead, 2024. Written and Directed by Thea Hvistendahl. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bahar Pars, Jan Hrynkiewicz, Dennis Østby Ruud, Bente Børsum, Olga Damani, Inesa Dauksta, and Kian Hansen. SYNOPSIS: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sebastian
Sebastian, 2024. Written and Directed by Mikko Makela. Starring Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jonathan Hyde, Lara Rossi, Leanne Best, David Nellist, Pedro Minas, Fleur Keith, Dylan Brady, Akbar Kurtha, Marcus Macleod, and Laurent Maria. SYNOPSIS: Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in […]