Reviews

[Sundance Review] The Signal

Inventive science-fiction films are very difficult to pull off, even more so when working with a small budget and limited resources. That didn't stop director W...

[Sundance Review] Ping Pong Summer

Nostalgia can be an unwieldy tool in the world of filmmaking. Few features manage to effectively capture the charms of a certain time period, either going overb...

[Review] Gimme Shelter

Written and directed by Ron Krauss, Gimme Shelter is an example of a faith-based, pro-life film done right. Often I’ve taken issue with faith-based cinema that ...

[Sundance Review] Listen Up Philip

When a film follows a despicable character acting out despicable things, it takes a careful balance in both the direction and the writing to give an audience an...

[Sundance Review] Camp X-Ray

There's a noble attempt in Camp X-Ray, written and directed by Peter Sattler, to make a war movie that's about individuals rather than ideals. Set in Guantanamo...

[Sundance Review] Life After Beth

In 2013 we got a romance-tinged take on the zombie genre with Warm Bodies and this year's Sundance Film Festival brings a smaller-scale, independent effort also...

[Sundance Review] Memphis

Deep within the tumultuous, creative mind of musician Willis Earl Beal (played by the real-life musician of the same name) is where writer/director Tim Sutton's...

[Sundance Review] The One I Love

The driving force behind the very clever two-handed chamber piece The One I Love is communication. How we talk to those we love and those that love us. Mark Dup...