Ed Helms and Patti Harrison charm in Nikole Beckwith’s refreshing, pleasurable dramedy.
Category Archive: Festivals
Coverage of domestic and international film festivals, previewing the latest upcoming features and independent favorites.
Rebecca Hall adapts Nella Lawson’s novella about Black social mobility (and its corresponding resentments) to haunting effect.
The colorful life of Australian diver and conservationist Valerie Taylor is examined in a fun and fascinating film.
A quick look at the best in short features at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
The romantic drama is all beautiful, dreamy surface, and no depth.
Jerrod Carmichael’s feature debut straddles a delicate balance of tones between comedy and dark thriller, buoyed by a couple of strong performances.
Robin Wright makes her directorial debut in a tender & understated drama about a woman who isolates herself from the world after an unimaginable loss.
Arjitpal Singh’s drama about a rural family in the Himalayas struggling to get by leans on strong performances and interlocking class critiques.
Erin Vassilopoulos’ thrilling debut merrily plays with the film noirs of the past while spinning it into something vibrant and new.
Superfan Edgar Wright directs a lovingly expansive documentary about legendary art rock band Sparks.
The Michael Greyeyes-starring Sundance debut announces Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. as an exciting new filmmaker.
Daniel Kaluuya is sensational as freedom fighter Fred Hampton in Shaka King’s insightful sophomore feature.
The gimmick to Kevin Macdonald’s worldwide snapshot of 24 hours has lost its novelty this deep into the social media age.
Nicolas Cage & Sion Sono team up for an incoherent Samurai-Western-Mad Max homage-something or other.
Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein usher in the end of the world with a winsome indie comedy about […]
Marilyn Agrelo’s documentary soaks you in the warm bath of nostalgia for Jim Henson’s long-running Muppet masterpiece.
Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt’s observational documentary takes us through the complexities of awkward teen girlhood.
Ninja Thyberg’s tale of a woman’s attempt to make it in the adult film industry is a feature debut that doesn’t pull any punches.