Tag: American Indie Film
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Stephen Karam’s The Humans
Production on Stephen Karam's move into film directing via his own one-act play of the same name, the A24 folks got behind the project...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft
Despite the Covid, I'm surprised that this biopic directed by the always busy veteran helmer Barry Levinson didn't shore up at some fest in...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Anthony Lucero’s Halo of Stars
Perhaps taking a cue from Executive Producer Terrence Malick in terms of amount of time spent in post, Anthony Lucero's directorial debut Halo of...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David Lowery’s The Green Knight
Due to have been released just after it's launch at the SXSW film festival, A24 haven't been fleeing their fate with The Green Knight...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Julian Higgins’ God’s Country
Los Angeles based filmmaker Julian Higgins (a past Student Academy Award winner) began tinkering around with the long form of his current project with...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jude Weng’s Finding Ohana
This year's Wendy might be a film from another far off destination in Hawaii. Jude Weng's directorial debut Finding Ohana is a film about...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: John Lee’s False Positive
Another A24 horror title project waiting to burst into the public space director John Lee and Ilana Glazer combined forces for False Positive -...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye
A Fox Searchlight project that has been fermenting for some time now and that got a firm greenlight October 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once
We'll likely be thanking the tandem known as the Daniels for passing on Deadpool 2 as instead the put their super powers to work...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Vaughn Stein’s Every Breath You Take
Meant to be a Christine Jeffs (Sunshine Cleaning) project that saw helmer Vaughn Stein take on the reigns early on, this acquisitions friendly item...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Nicholas Jarecki’s Dreamland
Taking just a tad bit more time in post-production and lining up for what would be some Gary Oldman Mank buzz, the acquisitions friendly...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Dash Shaw’s Cryptozoo
Here's hoping that Jason Schwartzman is among the so far announced voice cast for what shall be another psychedelic mushroomy offering by the uber...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Nadine Crocker’s Continue
A project that comes from a deep, personal place, for her directorial debut, actress Nadine Crocker turned the lens inwards for Continue and surrounded...
The Giant | Review
Dream a Little Dream: Raboy Broods on Bruised Memories with Moody, Slender Narrative
Crackling thunder, roiling clouds on a purple sky and electric tendrils of...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch The Fair One
After stints in television on with Narcos and The Terror, Josef Kubota Wladyka returns to feature film with the indie thriller Catch The Fair...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Peter Sattler’s Broken Diamonds
Haven't the faintest why Peter Sattler's sophomore feature Broken Diamonds (formerly Love & Oatmeal) has been held off the scorecard as production was complete...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Eddie Huang’s Boogie
Would have been cool to see Eddie Huang participate at both Sundance and... Chefdance on Main Street with a directorial debut that promises a...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mike Cahill’s Bliss
Providing Sundance with slices of sci-fi theories in a pair of editions with Another Earth in 2011 and I Origins in 2014, auteur Mike...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: R. J. Cutler’s Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry
Acclaimed docu filmmaker R.J. Cutler has already made a couple of trips to Sundance most notably with Grand Jury Prize for Cinematography winning The...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: PJ McCabe & Jim Cummings’ The Beta Test
A filmmaker really coming into his own, Jim Cummings didn't waste much time post Thunder Road setting himself up with consecutive projects in The...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lina Roessler’s Best Sellers
An actress turned director hit the lottery when the likes of Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza and Cary Elwes lined up for her directorial debut....
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andrew Dosunmu’s Beauty
Synonymous with Sundance as all of his works have premiered there, Andrew Dosunmu's could technically see his fourth feature land in the Premiere section...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Riley Keough & Gina Gammell’s War Pony (Fka Beast))
A South Dakota micro indie project that filmed under the radar in Pine Ridge is the fruit of a creative collaboration (the shingle is...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure
Netflix decided to completely forgo the film festival circuit around the midway mark this year and so the big mystery question at this point...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Scott Cooper’s Antlers
With the restructuring of Searchlight and Covid kicking around the release date, the only reason why we think Antlers might break into the Sundance...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Theo Anthony’s All Light, Everywhere
While working on this long form project, Theo Anthony has been keeping busy with short projects in 2019's Subject to Review (a docu that...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Iva Radivojevic’s Aleph
Covering the limits of this planet a la Herzog, celebrated filmmaker Iva Radivojevic has been working on this multi-character multi-storied docu project for half...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kogonada’s After Yang
Perhaps some of the futuristic elements in Kogonada's sophomore feature are the reason why it didn't join A24's Zola and Minari at last year's...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Amy Koppelman – A Mouthful of Air
For a festival that promotes new voices, how much fun would it be to see this debut break into the line-up? Proving that there...
2021 Sundance Film Festival: 75 Predictions For a COVID-19 Edition
As an accredited journalist for this site I've been making the annual trek to Park City since 2006 and one way we like to...
The Climb [Video Review]
Such Great Heights: Covino & Marvin Mine the Nexus of Toxic Friendships
Friendships between heterosexual men are already an anomaly in cinema, and representations are...
Interview: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte – Dreamland
At age 23, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte won a Sundance Special Jury Prize for his first feature film, As You Are. Set in his Albany NY...
Fatman [Video Review]
Black Coal, Thin Gag: The Nelms Bros. Stalk Santa in Middling Comedic Thriller
Santa Claus is apparently a federal employee in Fatman, a novel idea...
Jungleland [Video Review]
In Like a Lion: Winkler Traces Boxer on the Struggle Bus in Familiar Melodrama
If you’re going to San Francisco, there might not be anymore...
Craig’s List: Nicolas Pesce Set to Direct “The Paradox Man” based on Bradbury Short Story
After exploring family lineage with his monster in the closet debut The Eyes Of My Mother, exorcizing personal demons (Piercing) and untangling diseased spirits...
The Dark and the Wicked [Video Review]
Something Wicked This Way Runs: Bertino Gets Bleak with Rural Horror
Director Bryan Bertino continues an exploration of his sinister fetish with trapping sweetly conceived...
Let Him Go [Video Review]
Gone, Baby, Gone: Bezucha Returns with Poignant Crime Drama
For his first film in nearly a decade, director Thomas Bezucha returns with a spirited character-driven...
Come Play [Video Review]
Only the Lonely: Chase Explores Childhood Traumas in Effective Horror Film
The alienating effects of miscommunication with autistic loved ones is usually the stomping ground...
The Craft: Legacy [Video Review]
Magic, the Gathering: Lister-Jones Misplaces a Mythos with Missed Opportunity Sequel
There’s no inherently proper way to engage in genre, which is what makes the...
The Place of No Words | Review
Words of a Feather: Webber Finds Catharsis Through Fantasy in Mournful Drama
The exploration of death and grief through the eyes of a child lends...
Coming Home Again | Review
The Power of Goodbye: Wang Returns with Heartfelt Portrait of Grief
The famous 1940 novel by Thomas Wolfe gave us the poetic metaphor about...
Synchronic [Video Review]
E.M.Time Machine: Benson & Moorhead Do the Time Warp Again
Designer drugs prove to be a mystical gateway to the past in Synchronic, the fourth...
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm [Video Review]
Bribe on Time: Cohen Resurrects Iconic Satirical Caricature for Shock Commentary
Director Jason Woliner steps in for Larry Charles to helm Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, the...
On the Rocks | Review
Cheat Street: Coppola Presents Familiar Vintage with Lighthearted Filial Dramedy
Fathers and their (sometimes pseudo) daughters have formed the basis for more than one entry...
Bad Hair | Review
Witches Get Stitches: Simien Retrofits Folklore with Contemporary Subtexts in Horror Satire
Justin Simien recuperates a particular time and place with a jaunty but ultimately...
Shithouse | Review
Straight Flush: Raiff Surprises with Poignant, Loquacious Debut
The liberal arts school experience is a right of passage reserved for the privileged, and something which...
Nocturne | Review
Faustabout: Quirke Dances with the Devil in Moody, Familiar Debut
Satan might be one of the most prolific talent scouts in this realm or any...
Evil Eye | Review
Lover Come Back: The Dassani Brothers Explore Obsessive Love Through Genre Veil
For their feature film debut Evil Eye, brothers Elan and Rajeev Dassani straddle...
The Wolf of Snow Hollow | Review
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Cummings Returns with Cops and Neurotics
When one mentions werewolves, the notion of cinematic innovation seems moot. We’ve our...
The Forty-Year-Old Version | Review
What Happens to a Dream Deferred?: Blank Finds the Beauty of Herself in Striking Debut
Writer/director Radha Blank arrives in the wake of an opulent...
