Jordan Raup

[Sundance Review] Joshy

If the last few years were any indication, it's shocking to have no official Joe Swanberg feature at Sundance in 2016, but Joshy comes remarkably close -- albei...

[Sundance Review] Sing Street

Returning to Sundance after breaking out with his Oscar-winning, shoe-string romance musical Once, director John Carney is back on a victory tour of sorts with ...

[Sundance Review] Indignation

After helping filmmakers such as Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, and Todd Solondz shape their careers, James Schamus has finally made the leap from producer to director w...

[Sundance Review] Certain Women

The cinema of Kelly Reichardt lives in quiet, tender observations with deeply rooted characters and location. Even when adding a thriller element as with her la...

[Sundance Review] Christine

After the formally rigorous character studies of Afterschool and Simon Killer, director Antonio Campos seems like the ideal fit for the unsettling drama of Chri...

[Sundance Review] Goat

There are no volunteer events, community service or positive team-building exercises to be found in Goat. Director Andrew Neel is focused instead on the most vi...

[Sundance Review] Newtown

When the worst horror imaginable happens to your community, how do you emotionally rebuild? How do you embrace your neighbor, knowing the pain that's seared int...

[Sundance Review] Manchester By the Sea

With his unassuming, quietly affecting films leaving such a distinctly indelible impact long after the credits roll, we may only have three features from Kennet...

Jordan Raup

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Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.