Creativity and imagination burn bright in Mayday, but that can only take a movie so far. After that, you need a story that compels the audience to buy into what you’re selling. This movie does not have that, sadly. Like all too many Sundance Film Festival entries over the years, it’s style with no substance. […] More
Initially set to debut at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, Pascual Sisto’s directorial debut John and the Hole feels like one of those weird films we’re seeing now where you think about how it actually could have been filmed during the pandemic. With a very minimal cast and essentially two locations, Sisto’s film is pure character drama, though […] More
Ben Wheatley is a filmmaker who feels too of his own mind to fit into the studio system, so it makes sense why his attempts in recent years to go a little more mainstream haven’t been well received. After his 2020 Netflix feature Rebecca met with the worst reception of his career, the English filmmaker returned to his […] More
The four principle characters in Mass are individuals you hope you never have to personally identify with. They’re each going through incredible grief and pain, having suffered unimaginable loss. The cost and toll on themselves has been terrible. There isn’t even necessarily a light at the end of the tunnel. And yet, they go on, […] More
Rebecca Hall opting to make a black and white period piece about race relations isn’t necessarily what you’d expect for her directorial debut. And yet, knowing how she comes from a family where these issues are cogent actually makes Passing a relevant choice. Her determination to make sure her point gets across is admirable. Unfortunately, […] More
Like most single individuals these days, I use dating apps. It’s just how it goes. Like many others, my success is sporadic, broken up by long periods of swiping, etc, with no responses. Or, responses but no connections. It’s undoubtedly a strange thing for someone who has no awareness of the situation to witness. So, […] More
CODA might have stolen the spotlight with its record breaking acquisition deal at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but there’s still plenty more titles waiting to be scooped up. One that doesn’t have to wait any longer is Clint Bentley’s Jockey, which has now been acquired for all worldwide distribution rights by Sony Pictures Classics. In a statement […] More
What is the cost of violence? In Wild Indian, the answer is never-ending. The feature debut of writer/director Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., the film opens with a tale from “some time ago”, where an Ojibwe man “got a little sick and wandered West”. We soon cut to the 1980s, where young Makwa (played by Phoenix Wilson) is suffering […] More
My deepest sympathies to anyone who doesn’t know what they’re getting into when watching On the Count of Three. That’s how bold and out there the premise is for this film. This is one of the titles that’s a victim of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival being virtual. In a normal year, word of mouth […] More
I, like so many others, grew up on Sesame Street. The educational program was a formative experience for me as a kid. Like with Fred Rogers and his show, watching The Muppets was how I became a well-rounded child. So, it’s not surprising that I was quite interested in the documentary Street Gang: How We […] More
The world coming to an end is a bad thing. Controversial statement, I know. That hot take aside, almost any movie about the apocalypse has a genre feel to it, or is a straight up action flick or drama. How It Ends, however, goes in a very different direction. This pandemic-shot comedy is a breath […] More
Premiering a few short days ago in the Midnight section at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Knocking might not be on your radar yet, but it absolutely should be. A Swedish horror/thriller about a woman named Molly living alone in her apartment who starts to hear a knocking from the floor above her, the film is a […] More
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