Tag: Nick Spicer
2024 Sundance: Michael Dweck, Jeff Zimbalist, Stephen Maing & Brett Story in the U.S. Docu Comp
It'll be highly likely that we'll be talking about these docu films by the end of 2024 - as the cream of the crop...
BlackBerry | Review
Hold the Phone: Johnson Delivers the Ballad of the BlackBerry
Exposing the accidental alchemy which generated the titular BlackBerry, the world’s first Smartphone (and as...
T-minus 24: Jay Baruchel & Emily Hampshire Toplined Caitlin Cronenberg’s “Humane”
Deets Caitlin Cronenberg’s directorial debut were scarce but we're now in the know as production has just wrapped up. Deadline reports that the one month...
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Riley Stearns, Nikyatu Jusu, Mariama Diallo, Cooper Raiff & Bradley Rust Gray in the U.S. Dramatic Comp Section
In 2022, ten lucky titles/filmmakers will be vying for the big daddy prize of them all in the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize...
Stowaway [Video Review]
Every Breath You Take: Penna Ponders Morality in Jittery Space Odyssey
“In space, no one can hear you scream,” a foreboding tagline of another sci-fi...
Prisoners of the Ghostland | 2021 Sundance Film Festival Review
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...
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...
Cut Throat City | Review
Yolo in NOLA: RZA Battles Corruption Post-Katrina in Stifled Neo-Noir
The multi-faceted artist RZA returns to the director’s seat for the third time with Cut...
Vivarium | Review
Life as a House: Beware the Burbs in Finnegan’s Metaphorical Sophomore Feature
The novelty of Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone,” or any of its various...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #77. Stowaway – Joe Penna
Stowaway
Brazilian born musician/director Joe Penna continues with interesting co-production packaging for his sophomore feature Stowaway, a US-German project starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick, Daniel...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #26. Don Argott & Sheena M. Joyce – Framing John DeLorean
A potential midnight film for car enthusiasts and 80s aficionados alike, if Sundance doesn't go all gull-wing out on it, then SXSW or Tribeca...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Gareth Evans’ Apostle
A bromance between the festival and this Welsh started back when The Raid: Redemption received it U.S. premiere during the 2012 edition. Sundance has...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Benjamin/Carrillo/Kusama/St. Vincent/Vuckovic’s XX
Looking down our list, if included at this year's fest, they would be emblematic of what we believe will be the highest percentage of...