Review: Beautiful Beings – “Sublime cinematography”
Back in 2017, I’d sung the praises of Icelandic filmmaker Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s feature debut Heartstone on this very film blog....
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: A Little Prayer – “David Strathairn at his finest”
As a father attempts to address the marriage issues of his daughter and son, he begins to question his own abilities as a parent. A...
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: The Deepest Breath – “A stunningly shot documentary.”
The Deepest Breath opens with freediver Alessia Zecchini being asked about her thoughts on death. She is not phased by the question....
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – “The cinematic craftsmanship on display is impressive.”
A sensory meditation of what a young Black woman named Mack experiences going from childhood to adulthood in Mississippi. The story begins...
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: You Hurt My Feelings – “A smart, clever comedy”
There’s a moment in You Hurt My Feelings that was delivered so perfectly by Julia Louis-Dreyfus that it now lives in my mind...
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: Theater Camp – “Pure joy”
Did you ever go to theatre camp? Wait. Just to interrupt, know that as I’m Canadian I’ll be spelling theatre the...
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: Scrapper – “The dialogue is sharp”
Still grieving from the death of her mother, 12-year-old Georgie is quite resourceful in preventing her school and social services from...
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: Jamojaya
A teenage Indonesian rapper signed to a major U.S. record label decides to part ways with his father who has been his manager. During a...
Read MoreSundance 2023 Review: The Amazing Maurice – “The family will have a good time”
A travelling conniving talking cat partners with intelligent rats and a pied piping human to con townspeople into paying them to get rid...
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: The Jackie Chan Collection, Detective Knight: Redemption, Men At Work, The Last American Virgin and more
Well, it’s a tiny week this week. Sometimes it’s more a matter of the studios being closed for the holidays and not sending out review...
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