Notes from Monday at Telluride
Author: Josh
Telluride 2024: Sunday Journal: Anora, September 5, Saturday Night, Bird
Notes from Sunday at Telluride
Telluride 2024: Saturday Journal: The Piano Lesson, The Apprentice, The End
Notes from Saturday at Telluride
Telluride 2024: Friday Journal: Nickel Boys, Conclave, Piece by Piece
Notes from Friday at Telluride where the festival had world premieres of Nickel Boys, Conclave, and Piece by Piece.
Telluride kicks off 51st SHOW with lineup drop, tribute announcements
Telluride announces the lineup for the 51st show.
Like its title xenomorph, the sci-fi horror Alien: Romulus is ruthlessly effective
Alien: Romulus (2024 | USA | 119 minutes | Fede Alvarez) Sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien taught us that in space no one …
Longlegs climbs high, stumbles precipitously
Structured into three acts with a tantalizingly withholding amuse bouche of a prologue, the vibes are immaculate. Frustratingly, the whole thing self-immolates in its final chapter and destroyed all the goodwill that it worked so hard to build. Early reactions seem far more forgiving than mine.
With Kinds of Kindness Yorgos Lanthimos delights in a triptych of sadness
My first reaction to Yorgos Lanthimos’s new absurdist black comedy anthology was that it was nice to see him getting weird again.
Jeff Nichols revisits a rough and tumble motorcycle club in The Bikeriders
Taking inspiration from Danny Lyon’s iconic book of photography The Bikeriders, director Jeff Nichols uses his admiration for the images of mid-century motorcyclists as the basis for a fictionalized account of a Chicago-based motorcycle club.
June Squibb is an unlikely action star in Thelma
This caper starring June Squibb as a 93-year-old granny on a Cruise-inspired impossible mission to avenge her honor after being phone scammed & Fred Hechinger as underemployed Grandson of the Year might be the Most Sundance Movie of the fest: impeccably made, note-perfect, heartwarming comedy.