Sundance Film Festival

Sundance 2014: A Complete Wrap-up & Top 10

Posted 12 years ago

As quickly as it came up, another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is in the books. Like every year, this was a ten-day-marathon of hot-ticket films, many of which you will be hearing about over the months to come....

Review: Nick Offerman: American Ham (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: PARKS & RECREATION star Nick Offerman serves up “10 tips for a prosperous life” in this one-man-show recorded at New York’s Town Hall theater. REVIEW: Calling AMERICAN HAM a stand-up comedy concert film would be inaccurate as while he’s...

Review: What We Do in the Shadows (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: A quartet of aging vampire roommates, living in modern-day Wellington, New Zealand, invite a group of documentary filmmakers to film them as they prepare for their yearly gala ball, where all the city’s undead meet for an evening of...

Review: Low Down (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: A young girl (Elle Fanning) tries to survive a tough upbringing in seventies era-Hollywood under the care of her heroin-addicted Jazz pianist father (John Hawkes). REVIEW: LOW DOWN is based on the true-story of Amy Albany, who watched her...

Review: Young Ones (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: In a future where water is the rarest and most valuable commodity, a settler- Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon)- fights to keep his family and land safe from intruders. REVIEW: Jake Paltrow’s YOUNG ONES is easily one of the most...

Review: Wish I Was Here (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: Aidan Bloom (Zach Braff) is a struggling actor trying to juggle the responsibilities of fatherhood with the pursuit of his acting dreams of glory- while his patient wife (Kate Hudson) supports the family working at a menial data entry...

Review: The Skeleton Twins (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: Two estranged twins- Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader)- living on opposite sides of the country, are reunited when one ends up in the hospital following a drunken suicide attempt. Having not spoken in ten years, the two...

Review: The Obvious Child (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: Donna (Jenny Slate) -a twenty-seven year old comedienne eking out a living in Brooklyn- finds herself pregnant after a one night stand. REVIEW: I never thought I’d see the day when a feel-good comedy about abortion would be the...

Review: Happy Christmas (Sundance 2014)

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PLOT: Fresh from a rough breakup and with Christmas approaching, Jenny (Anna Kendrick) moves in with her brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg) and sister-in-law Kelly (Melanie Lynskey). The irresponsible and impulsive Jenny soon finds herself at odds with Kelly, but their...

Killers (Sundance 2014 review)

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PLOT: Nomura (Kazuki Kitamura )- a serial killer based in Tokyo who’s been murdering women and posting videos of the deaths to YouTube,- notices a similar video posted by a man in Jakarta named Bayu (Oka Antara). A milquetoast journalist,...

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