Arts
Sundance Film Review: Eileen
Eileen is an engaging, pulpy diversion that plays like an old-fashioned dime novel you had never planned to read but find that you can’t put down. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Theater Camp
The subject of Theater Camp is ripe for comedy, but it feels painfully forced if it’s not done right. Thankfully, this one more or less succeeds. … read more
Sundance Film Review: A Little Prayer
The family drama A Little Prayer is a reminder that the once-budding young playwright and filmmaker Angus MacLachlan has come a long way. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Fancy Dance
Fancy Dance stands as both a cry for help for the victimized and missing and a defiant cry of strength from those who refuse to stop looking for them. … read more
Sundance Film Review: STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Sundance biopic STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie provokes plenty of emotion without ever stooping to being a manipulative tearjerker. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Sometimes I Think About Dying
Daisy Ridley adds a humanity that the script struggles to find, making Sometimes I Think About Dying a dry and extremely frustrating experience. … read more
Director Toby Genkel on The Amazing Maurice and That Pratchett...
Director Toby Genkel’s new film, The Amazing Maurice, a subversively cynical animated take on the Pied Piper of Hamelin’s story. … read more
Sundance Film Review: When It Melts
Despite the immense talent involved, Sundance film When it Melts is a frustrating failure both as a film and as a statement on an important and timely topic. … read more
Sundance Film Review: In My Mother’s Skin
The contrasts between the conflicts throughout In My Mother’s Skin stem from Dagatan’s ability to situate character dilemmas within a wider sphere of influence. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Slow
Described as a portrait of a “beautiful bond,” Slow is instead a grim character study of a deeply unlikable individual with a regressive view of sexuality. … read more