Sundance 2018

Summer of ’84 (Sundance Review)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Four friends find their carefree summer interrupted when one of them becomes convinced the nice cop who lives down the street is a serial killer. REVIEW: SUMMER OF ‘84 is the latest from the RKSS collective, a trio of...

Review: Wildlife (Sundance)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The disintegration of a marriage, as seen through the eyes of a couple’s fourteen-year-old son. REVIEW: WILDLIFE marks the directorial debut of actor Paul Dano, in a film he co-wrote with his partner, Zoe Kazan, and is based on...

Review: Bodied (Sundance)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A white grad student’s success in battle rap has unexpected consequences. REVIEW: I’ve been hearing people talk about BODIED ever since it won Midnight Madness at TIFF, slayed at Fantastic Fest, and established itself as an underground classic that...

Review: The Catcher Was a Spy (Sundance)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The story of Moe Berg (Paul Rudd), a professional baseball player-turned O.S.S agent during World War II. REVIEW: THE CATCHER WAS A SPY comes to Sundance with an appropriate amount of behind-the-scenes intrigue given the premise. Originally tipped as...

Review: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (Sundance)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The true story of cartoonist John Callahan, who was paralyzed as a young man following a drunken bender, but despite being quadriplegic, managed to become an acclaimed artist. REVIEW: It’s been a lean few years for Gus Van Sant...

Review: Private Life (Sundance)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A middle-aged couple (Paul Giamatti & Kathryn Hahn) try to keep their marriage from collapsing under the strain of numerous, failed fertility treatments. REVIEW: PRIVATE LIFE marks the long-awaited return for director Tamara Jenkins, who hasn’t made a film...

Review: Blindspotting (Sundance)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: After a short stretch in prison, Collin (Daveed Diggs) is put on probation for a year. Flash-forward to eleven months and twenty-seven days later, as he tries to navigate life in his Oakland neighborhood, and the whims of his...

Sundance 2018 preview!

Posted 8 years ago

It’s Sundance time again! I really love this fest, and believe it or not, this will be the eighth year in a row I’ve covered it for JoBlo.com, so I guess you could say I’m a vet at this point....