Sundance

2016 Sundance Wrap-up!

Posted 10 years ago

And so, another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is in the books. This year marked my seventh trip to Park City, Utah and as always it was an amazing experience full of good movies, great friends and lots of...

Review: Little Men (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Two young boys have their new-found friendship threatened when their parents haggle over a lease in downtown New York. REVIEW: LITTLE MEN is an interesting follow-up to LOVE IS STRANGE for director Ira Sachs. Like that film, LITTLE MEN...

Review: Frank & Lola (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A Las Vegas chef (Michael Shannon) falls in love with an enigmatic young woman (Imogen Poots). Soon, his love turns to obsession when he uses a business trip to Paris as an opportunity to confront an abusive former lover...

TV Review: Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown to Off the Wall (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Director Spike Lee charts Michael Jackson’s initial success as a solo artist, with his breakout smash hit album, ‘Off the Wall.’ REVIEW: Who would have thought that director Spike Lee would become the definitive film-chronicler of the life and...

Review: Swiss Army Man (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A man (Paul Dano) stranded on a deserted island is elated when a dead body (Daniel Radcliffe) washes up on the shore to keep him company as he tries to find a way home. REVIEW: Only one week after...

Under the Shadow (Sundance Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In post–revolution Tehran, a mother (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter (Avin Manshadi) are haunted by a malicious spirit. REBIEW: While this year’s Midnight selection at Sundance has been wildly inconsistent, one notable exception has been UNDER THE SHADOW. The...

The Blackout Experiments (Sundance Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A group of people become obsessed with an experience called “Blackout” – which is supposed to stimulate your deepest fears and leave you forever changed. REVIEW: For the last few weeks, the publicists behind THE BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTS have been...

TV Review: 11.22.63 (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: An English teacher (James Franco) stumbles upon a time portal that takes him back to 1960, where he tries to prevent the November 22nd, 1963 JFK assassination from ever happening. REVIEW: Considering how much of an influence 11.22.63 executive...

Review: Indignation (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A Jewish boy (Logan Lerman) attending a WASP-y university on a scholarship, falls for a beautiful, sexually provocative classmate (Sarah Gadon). REVIEW: Novelist Philip Roth is generally considered to be the hardest author to adapt to films. While screenwriter...

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