The Discomfort of Strangers: Trocker Collapses Paranoia and Perspectives in Brooding Familial Drama
Communication, when you really think about it, is all but impossible. Words...
Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit are the masterminds behind Mother Shmuckers (Fils de Plouc), one of the most unhinged comedies to grace Sundance’s Midnight...
Endemic Pandemic: Gerbase Unveils Prophetic Debut of Life During Lockdown
The uncanny prescience of Iuli Gerbase’s directorial debut The Pink Cloud is as stunning as...
Flee a Mile in your Neighbor’s Shoes: Ramussen’s Refugee Doc Is A Journey Worth Taking
Evocative animation, first-person pain and a strong dose of hope...
Debbie Lum’s Try Harder! is a supremely moving documentary about high schoolers in the throes of their college application process. Lum’s focus is on...
A Dream Deferred: Debbie Lum’s Masterclass in Self-Esteem
Try Harder! is a supremely moving documentary about high schoolers in the throes of their college application...
Visually stunning and psychically rending, The Blazing World is Carlson Young’s feature film debut; she writes, directs and stars without missing a step. Inspired...
Butterflies Are Free: Gambis Mines Identity Through Metaphor/mosis in Sophomore Film
Director Alexis Gambis returns to his favored motif of genetics in his latest film...
Lover Come Back: Hill’s Debut a Refreshing Portrait of Intimacy and Attraction
Three may not actually be a crowd, but it certainly heightens complications in...
Only God Forgives: King Resurrects Fred Hampton in Significant, Unequivocal Portrait of Betrayal and Assassination
On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton, chairman of the...
Sentimental Divide: Wright Weds Wilderness in Compassionate Debut on Grief
“Things do not change; we change,” is one of many eloquent statements from Thoreau’s eternal...
A Plague on Both Your Collab Houses: Carey Williams’ No Fear Shakespeare
Carey Williams’ R#J is a sleek, inspired, refreshingly cheesy Gen-Z spin on Romeo...
Alas, Poor Yorick: Sono’s English Language Debut a Fallow, Gonzo Spectacle
What happens when a cult actor meets a cult filmmaker? Well, sometimes they just...
Bjorn Again: Lindstrom & Petri Examine the Plight of the Beautiful and the Damned
For those unfamiliar with the name Bjorn Andresen, the documentary The...
Only This and Nothing More: Kempff Explores Cultural Gaslighting in Parochial Thriller
As in the timeless singsong of Poe’s classic poem “The Raven,” ‘suddenly there...
Before COVID, we had pre-existing conditions: closing theaters, last-resort blockbusters and evolving formats. Now, in the midst of this long winter that some call...
Persistence pays off. Bryan Wizemann has been painstakingly hacking away at indie film since 1998's Sense following that with 2005's Losing Ground, 2011's About...