Reviews

[Sundance Review] Strangerland

It’s not easy to watch a family disintegrate before your eyes. Kim Farrant’s directorial debut, the Aussie drama Strangerland, follows Catherine Parker (Nicole ...

[Sundance Review] I Am Michael

Sure to ignite many impassioned discussions,  I Am Michael tackles complex issues of sexuality and faith with a balanced view. The directorial debut of Justin K...

[Sundance Review] Knock Knock

With his tirelessly brutal movies, Eli Roth isn't for everybody. Hostel and Hostel II aren't exactly easy watches, but Roth does what he does well, even if it's...

[Sundance Review] Mistress America

Something happened to Noah Baumbach. The writer-director behind Greenberg, Margot at the Wedding, and The Squid in the Whale never once pulled a punch as a stor...

[Sundance Review] Nasty Baby

Sebastián Silva is a director who strives for the unexpected. Both premiering at Sundance a few years ago, Magic Magic and Crystal Fairy are wild movies, often ...

[Sundance Review] Ten Thousand Saints

Working in the tried-and-true coming-of-age drama with a focus on sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, Ten Thousands Saints, from directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Spri...

[Sundance Review] Dope

Dope opens with a sense of energy proclaiming that writer-director Rick Famuyiwa has something to say, and he's going to do it in his own particular way. Diffic...

[Sundance Review] Mississippi Grind

After breaking out with the bleak, but masterful character study Half Nelson, filmmaking duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck took on baseball with the under-appreciat...

[Sundance Review] Stockholm, Pennsylvania

You can't fault writer/director Nikole Beckwith for a lack of trying. Stockholm, Pennsylvania - starring Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Nixon and Jason Isaacs - dives h...

[Sundance Review] Slow West

The treacherous landscape of the west has been captured in numerous entries in the genre, but rarely with the distinctive vibrancy cinematographer Robbie Ryan (...