sundance 2017

Review: A Ghost Story

Posted 9 years ago

A GHOST STORY was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage. PLOT: The spirit of a deceased man (Casey Affleck) haunts the home he lived-in with his beloved wife (Rooney Mara). REVIEW: One of the Sundance Film Festival’s...

Review: The Discovery starring Jason Segel & Rooney Mara

Posted 9 years ago

THE DISCOVERY was previously reviewed as part of our 2017 Sundance coverage.  PLOT: A scientist (Robert Redford) is able to prove the existence of the afterlife, a discovery that leads to millions of suicides all over the globe. Years later,...

Get Out (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage PLOT: A young black man (Daniel Kaluuya) visits his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) parents in the country, and immediately senses something sinister is afoot. REVIEW: GET OUT marks the...

Review: I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore

Posted 9 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage. PLOT: After her home is burglarized, a depressed nurse (Melanie Lynskey) and her oddball neighbor (Elijah Wood) try to track down the culprits, but find themselves pulled into an...

Review: Get Out

Posted 9 years ago

GET OUT was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage. PLOT: A young black man (Daniel Kaluuya) visits his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) parents in the country, and immediately senses something sinister is afoot. REVIEW: GET OUT marks the...

XX (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2017 coverage PLOT: A new anthology directed solely by women: A woman is puzzled when her children stop eating, another mom tries her best to keep her daughter’s birthday from...

2017 Sundance Wrap-Up and Top 5

Posted 9 years ago

And so another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is in the books. The 2017 edition marked my eighth year wandering around Park City, Utah, and it was a memorable fest, with blizzard conditions in the first week, cyber-attacks, protests...

Berlin Syndrome (Sundance Review) starring Teresa Palmer

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: An Australian backpacker (Teresa Palmer) traveling through Germany has a one-night stand with a stranger (Max Riemelt) only to discover the next morning that he’s made her a captive in his prison-like apartment. REVIEW: The premise for BERLIN SYNDROME...

Review: Sidney Hall (Sundance) starring Logan Lerman & Elle Fanning

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A young writer (Logan Lerman) drops off the face of the earth after his first two novels become best-sellers. Years later, an investigator (Kyle Chandler) tries to figure out what happened to him. REVIEW: Watching SIDNEY HALL at Sundance,...

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