Sundance

Review: Call Me by Your Name (Sundance) starring Armie Hammer

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A young man (Timothée Chalamet) spending the summer with his parents in Italy circa 1983, find his sexuality awakened when a visiting academic (Armie Hammer) moves in to help his father (Michael Stuhlbarg) with an archaeological project. REVIEW: Up...

Review: Wilson (Sundance) starring Woody Harrelson

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A misanthropic, middle-aged man (Woody Harrelson) re-connects with his ex-wife (Laura Dern) and discovers he has a long-lost daughter. REVIEW: As exciting as it is to discover new voices at Sundance, there’s also a tradition of the sophomore stumble....

Review: The Big Sick (Sundance) with Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A Pakistani-American comedian (Kumail Nanjiani) finds himself torn between the demands of his traditional family and those of his girlfriend (Zoe Kazan) when her life is threatened by a mysterious illness. REVIEW: Judd Apatow’s listing as a producer for...

Review: Landline (Sundance) starring Jenny Slate

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Two sisters (Jenny Slate & Abby Quinn) living in 1995-NYC struggle with the revelation that one of their parents is having an affair. REVIEW: LANDLINE is the sophomore feature from writer-director Gillian Robespierre, whose debut, THE OBVIOUS CHILD, was...

Review: The Yellow Birds

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Two young soldiers, Bartle (Alden Ehrenreich) and Murph (Tye Sheridan) try to survive a violent tour of duty in the Iraq War under the supervision of a battle-hardened sergeant (Jack Huston). When Bartle eventually returns home, he discovers that his...

Review: Person to Person (Sundance) starring Michael Cera

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The lives of a crime reporter (Michael Cera), his intern (Abbi Jacobson), a watch-maker (Philip Baker Hall), a record collector (Bene Coopersmith) and more intersect over the course of a casual New York City day. REVIEW: There are some...

Review: An Inconvenient Sequel (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Ten years after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, Al Gore continues to fight climate change in the face of numerous political setbacks. REVIEW: Part of the power of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH was the simplicity of the film, with Al Gore simply...

Review: The Little Hours (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A servant (Dave Franco) in 14th Century Italy, who’s being hunted by his vengeful master (Nick Offerman) takes refuge with a kindly priest (John C. Reilly) who puts him to work at a convent he over-sees, populated by three...

A24’s mystery film revealed to be 14-minute Toru; will premiere at Sundance

Posted 9 years ago

Last week, A24 Films released a trailer for a mystery project that they simply called, "Untitled." While it seemed sci-fi in origin, the trailer just showed images of people in what looked to be deeply emotional situations. Thanks to the...

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