Festivals Reviews

Sundance 2024 Notebook: Sasquatch Sunset

After sitting through two hours of the Zellner brother’s long-awaited, dialogue-free, scatalogical feature, I have come to the conclusion that the quotidian existence of America’s favorite hairy cryptozooid is perhaps a topic best left enshrouded in eternal mystery.

Festivals Reviews

Sundance 2024 Notebook: Stress Positions

Remember 2020? Theda Hammel’s period piece finds John Early as Terry Goon (lol), a harried, incompetent, Covid-conscious caretaker for his exoticized model nephew who’s recovering in isolation from a broken leg.

Festivals Reviews

Sundance 2024 Notebook: Veni Vidi Vici

Opening with an Ayn Rand quote, Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann’s family portrait of ultra-rich Austrian Psychos who quite literally get away with murder is almost too severe to be considered satire.

Festivals Previews

Sundance Film Festival kicks off in Utah Tomorrow, Online next week

Celebrating its 40th edition, Sundance Film Festival is back with a full slate of in-person programming in the resort town of Park City with a full slate of screenings in Salt Lake City. Once again film lovers, journalists, and critics are flocking to the mountain ski area to kick the year off with a huge array of new feature films from a diverse set of veteran filmmakers and emerging directors.

Reviews

Glazer’s The Zone of Interest oozed apathy amidst horror

The commandant of the Nazi encampment Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, along with his wife and children live idealistic lives. They reside in a sweetly comfortable home surrounded by a beautiful flower garden, a dog always running underfoot and a swimming hole within walking distance.

Reviews Year End Lists

Tony’s Favorite Films of 2023

In 2022 it felt like moviegoing came (almost) all the way back (for the seemingly dwindling number of people who were willing to go into the theaters). As the year winds to a close, we’re sharing lists of our favorite films we’ve seen (so far).