Sundance Film Review: The Visit

Sundance Film Review: The Visit
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The concept behind Michael Madsen’s documentary is its greatest asset. Rather than interviewing scholars on events that occurred in the past, Madsen gathers a slew of interviewees to discuss a scenario that has never happened.  … read more

Sundance Film Review: City of Gold

Sundance Film Review: City of Gold
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City of Gold chronicles the career of a quietly rebellious food critic as he gleefully eschews the stereotypical snobbery that most food critics share. This film is an excellent treatment of a talented critic’s passion for diverse food—and it comes equipped with a restaurant guide in the end credits to boot.  … read more

Sundance Film Review: True Story

Sundance Film Review: True Story
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The terse chemistry between Hill and Franco is gripping to watch—it’s never quite clear who is using whom until the film’s final moments. These two actors deftly play out their characters’ battle for psychological dominance.  … read more

Sundance Film Review: Reversal

Sundance Film Review: Reversal
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While Reversal visually showcases the unsympathetic demise of the disgusting male antagonists, the underwhelming conclusion of the chief villain leaves one craving a tad more vigilante justice.  … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Yosemite

Slamdance Film Review: Yosemite
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With her second feature length film, director Gabrielle Demeestere presents the Slamdance Film Festival with a striking representation of childhood and friendship. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Forbidden Room

Sundance Film Review: The Forbidden Room
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Ah, this was the Sundance film I was waiting for! If you’ve seen The Saddest Music in the World, then you know what to expect from inveterate experimental filmmakers Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Wild Tales

Sundance Film Review: Wild Tales
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Wild Tales comprises short, potentially stand-alone films that explore morbid and/or grave, realistic situational irony and revenge … and it’s fucking hilarious.  … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Ratter

Slamdance Film Review: Ratter
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A ratter is a type of hacker who breaks through the security of your computer, mobile device or webcam to take control of that device—more specifically, the device’s camera. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: High Performance

Slamdance Film Review: High Performance
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Rudi’s a corporate professional, all business, while Daniel’s a bike-riding (aspiring) avant-garde theater actor, who isn’t that guy in the soda pop commercial, he insists. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Concrete Love: The Böhm Family

Slamdance Film Review: Concrete Love: The Böhm Family
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It’s a documentary that drafts an adroit portrait of the renowned Pritzker Prize laureate Gottfried Böhm, his architect wife Elisabeth and their three sons, Peter, Paul and Stephen, each of whom is also an architect. … read more