Tag: 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Last Days in the Desert | Review
Just By Looking At It: Garcia’s Hollowed Jesus Flick
At one time an adept purveyor of what could loosely be termed the modernized ‘women’s picture’...
The Witch | Review
Better the Devil You Know: Eggers’ Debut Marinates with Menace
Easily the most profoundly unnerving film to play at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, the...
The Summer of Sangaile | Review
The Wind Beneath Her Wings: Kavaite’s Sapphic Sophomore Sighs
Sophomore is an adjective that serves as a pun to describe Alante Kavaite’s latest film, The...
The Hallow | Review
Hollow’s Eve: Hardy’s Creature Feature Debut Has Superficial Roots
It was announced that Irish director Corin Hardy would be heading up The Crow reboot for...
Brooklyn | Review
A Brooklyn Baby: Crowley’s Simple Immigration Tale Buoyed by Strong Emotional Core
Director John Crowley returns with Brooklyn, his strongest film in years, based on...
The Royal Road | Review
Jenni Olson begins The Royal Road, her latest emotional excavation of Hollywood nostalgia via Benning-esque 16mm landscape portraiture, by self-referentially quoting Michel Chion on...
The Russian Woodpecker | Review
Signals Over The Air: First Time Filmmaker Chad Gracia Sees Russian Conspiracy Theory Transform Into Truth
At the dark heart of director Chad Gracia’s messy,...
Experimenter | Review
Experiment This: Almereyda Revisits Classic Social Psych Progenitor
American filmmaker Michael Almereyda brings to the screen a pseudo-biopic on one of the more famous social...
The Forbidden Room | Review
Dreams! Visions! Madness!: Maddin & Johnson’s Extravagant Symphony of Silent Cinema Fantasia
Those familiar with the works of auteur Guy Maddin, sometimes referred to as...
Partisan | Review
Pledge Allegiance: Kleiman’s Intriguing Debut a Fascist Allegory
Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed pre-teen assassin films like The Professional (1994) or Hanna...
Western | Review
Fractured Frontier: Ross Bros. Witness Bordertowns Running Afoul Under Threat of Storm Clouds & Cartels
The brothers Ross, Bill and Turner, have been rightly hailed...
Sleeping with Other People | Review
Other People’s Mousetraps: Headland Heads to Romcom
One of the most acerbically hilarious new voices in the American indie world is writer/director Leslye Headland, whose...
Z for Zachariah | Review
This is the End: Zobel’s Post-Apocalyptic Love Triangle
Following the success of his galvanizingly uncomfortable 2012 film Compliance, director Craig Zobel teases his way into...
Video Interview: Producer Riel Roch Decter
It's not just the writer, director and docu lab fellows that are the long term beneficiaries of the support offered by the Sundance Institute. In this...
Grandma | Review
Citizen Lily: Weitz’s Character Study Homage to Iconic Lead
Since beginning his directorial career with 1999’s American Pie, Paul Weitz has hovered in an in-between...
Ten Thousand Saints | Review I
East Village Ennui: Coming of Age Story Displaced, Too Hip For Own Good
A coming of age narrative comprised of the familiar: teen angst, frustration,...
Meru | Review
Treacherous Journey to The Top Shows Unmeasured Determination
At over 20,000 feet, the highest peak of the Meru Mountain, also known as the Shark’s Fin,...
The End of the Tour | Review
The Admiration Game: Ponsoldt’s Moving Homage to Artist and Artistry
Following the critical successes of 2012’s Smashed and 2013’s The Spectacular Now, director James Ponsoldt...
Tangerine | Review
Boulevard Ballads: Baker’s Enigmatic Journey into Hollywood’s Facade
For those familiar with the cinematic offerings of Sean Baker, it will come as no surprise that...
What Happened, Miss Simone? | Review
Writing on the Wall: Garbus Offers Compressed Portrait of Soul-Gospel-Jazz Queen
Nina Simone, a prominent musician-turned-civil-rights-activist, left behind a legacy in which the latter part...
True Story | Review
The Killer Beside Me: Goold’s Debut Warps Grisly Headline into Funereal Pallor
The rapidly fluctuating career of James Franco got a dramatic jumpstart with a...
The Visit | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review
It’s a story that hasn’t happened yet. The Visit is advertised as a documentary but the label is rather limiting as it that dabbles...
Cloro | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review
From Twirls to Breaststrokes: Sanfelice's Debut Retains Rhythm but Keeps Distance
Utilizing the seldomly spotlighted sport of synchronized swimming as the backdrop, Cloro serves as...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #47. Turner Ross (Western)
Jordan M. Smith: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Turner Ross: Zipolite, Oaxaca. Dorothy Jean's first word (Dada). Letters of John Steinbeck.
Smith: Western...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #46. Bill Ross (Western)
Jordan M. Smith: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Bill Ross: Richard Slotkin lectures on itunes. Terry Allen’s album “Juarez”. Dusty and Sweets...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #45. Josh Hamilton (Take Me to the River)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Josh Hamilton: Book: Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon. Record: The Clean -- Anthology.
Movies:...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #44. Rachel Morrison (Dope)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Rachel Morrison: Polish film "Ida" (brilliant 4:3 B&W cinematography). Positano, Italy (off season) Must...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #43. Judith Godrèche (The Overnight)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Judith Godrèche: Transparent (TV show). 20,000 Days on Earth (Nick Cave documentary). The Difficulty of...