Capsule reviews, quick thoughts, and instant reactions on this year’s festival films.
Month: January 2023
Sundance 2023: Passages
Ira Sachs goes to Paris
Sundance 2023 Notebook: Infinity Pool
Some sicko gave Brandon Cronenberg the keys to the White Lotus and this is what happened.
Sundance 2023 Notebook: Eileen
Dispatches from Sundance: a twisty literary adaptation.
Sundance 2023 Notebook: Cat Person
Dispatches from Sundance: a short story makes it to the big screen
Sundance 2023 Notebook: Justice
Dispatches from Sundance: a revisitation of recent political events
Sundance 2023 Notebook: Magazine Dreams
Dispatches from Sundance: a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Sundance Film Festival is Back in Person and Online
Despite the best laid plans to leverage last year’s fully virtual experience and start 2022 with a hybrid in-person and online festival, this winter’s steep Omicron surge found the Sundance Film Festival again pivoting to a mostly virtual format. Once again, film lovers, journalists, and critics will be experience the annual kick-off of independent film festival season mostly from their couches.
Seattle Film Critics Society announces 2022 Award Winners
Announced over nearly two hours of an enthusiastic social media rollout, the Seattle Film Critics Society announced the winners of their annual …
Seattle Film Critics Society announces 2022 Award Nominees
In a two-hour long virtual broadcast/tweetstorm, the Seattle Film Critics Society unveiled their (our) nominations for the best in 2022 film across …