A Gigantic Black Crow Helps Benedict Cumberbatch Endure His Grief [Sundance]

Author: administrator

A Gigantic Black Crow Helps Benedict Cumberbatch Endure His Grief [Sundance]

PARK CITY – Not all established documentary filmmakers make the jump to narrative features gracefully, but whatever your thoughts on “The Thing With Features,” you certainly won’t question whether Dylan Southern has a vision. “Feathers,” his first friction work, debuted…

Sarah Goldberg & Himesh Patel Barely Carry This Absurdist Comedy Across The Border [Sundance]

PARK CITY – Here’s the good news. There isn’t one actor in Evan Twohy‘s directorial debut, “Bubble & Squeak,” who doesn’t deliver a committed, funny performance. The film’s leads, the always-good Himesh Patel and Sarah Goldberg have fantastic chemistry as…

A Flat Rendering Of Teen BFFs Bound For ISIS [Sundance]

Stories of Westerners joining ISIS make for popular news fodder, and now one is getting the coming-of-age Sundance debut treatment. For her film debut, theater director Nadia Hill took on “Brides,” Suhayla El-Bushra’s screenplay that draws inspiration from the real-life…

Dev Patel Records Spirits In A Sound Design Masterwork [Sundance]

PARK CITY – Often, but not always, you need to tip your cap to a filmmaker willing to push boundaries with their debut feature film. Frankly, as a director, you never know if you’re gonna get that chance (or budget)…

Rose Byrne Is A Mother On The Verge [Sundance]

PARK CITY – You may be dealing with a lot of stress in your life, I mean, who isn’t? But it’s highly unlikely anyone in your vicinity is experiencing the cascade of anxiety Linda (Rose Byrne) endures in Mary Bornstein’s…

‘Folktales’ Review: A Feel-Good Film Full of Good Boys

I was a bit nervous walking into Folktales. With the recent boom of documentaries exposing abusive reform programs for troubled youth, like Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare and Teen Torture Inc., I was primed to expect a film exploring something similarly…

A Perfect Look At A Trailblazing Career [Sundance]

It begins like any other documentary. Interviewees take their seats before oversized lights and camera crews, director Shoshannah Stern setting the stage for the questions soon to be asked of each, main subject Marlee Matlin making herself comfortable on a…

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Is a Blast in a Musical That Struggles Without Her

Considering that Jennifer Lopez has proven for decades that she’s a bonafide triple threat as an actress, singer, and dancer, it’s truly shocking that she has never starred in a musical. Sure, she’s played singers before in movies, but Lopez…

Dylan O’Brien Has The Range In This Funny & Twisty Dramedy [Sundance]

PARK CITY – The first shot we witness in “Twinless,” a world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is a static image of a city street in Portland, Oregon. After a tranquil beat, we hear a car crash and…

‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in Unique Dramedy That Gets Lost in Its Own Ambition

Amanda Kramer's By Design unmistakably fits the filmmaker’s chicly eclectic canon. Past titles like Give Me Pity! and Please Baby Please challenge convention by breaking through the constructs of today's Hollywood expectations. By Design is, as titled, designed to operate…

An Unflinching & Bracingly Real Drama About One Man’s Life Post-Incarceration

Ricky begins with a group of women praying over its title character, full name Ricardo Smith. He has just been released after serving 15 years and prayer may be one of the only ways these women can exert some power…

Shudder’s Wrestling Horror Movie Won’t Satisfy Fans of Either

Dark Match attempts to take two of our biggest cult entertainments — horror movies and professional wrestling — and smash them together into a hybrid amusement that will appeal to fans of either. Unfortunately, the resulting movie isn't strong enough…

Prev 1 … 424 425 426 427 428 … 2,367 Next