#SUNDANCE: “SEBASTIAN” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Finnish-British Writer-Director Mikko Mäkelä delivers this riveting character study of 25-year-old writer Max (Ruaridh Mollica) who currently works as a freelancer at a popular magazine in London and has multiple short stories under his belt. Now writing his debut novel, he begins living a double life as a sex worker for research.
There have been many movies about Sex Workers over the years. For the most part, those narratives have focused on ...
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#SUNDANCE: “LOVE LIES BLEEDING” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Love Lies Bleeding is a captivating Queer Romance Neo-Noir with brutal violence and an indelible beating heart.
Writer-Director Rose Glass’ follow-up to her beloved debut feature Saint Maud, follows reclusive gym employee Lou (Kristen Stewart) who falls hard for Jackie (Katy O’Brian), an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence that pulls them into the web of Lou’s criminal ...
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#SUNDANCE: “PRESENCE” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
It’s been 35 years since Director Steven Soderbergh has had a Feature film at Sundance. All those years ago he brought Sex, Lies and Videotape which won the Audience Award: Dramatic in 1989. He’s been back since with his TV Show The Girlfriend Experience in 2009.
However, his big return follows a family that moves into a suburban home. Shortly after moving in, their daughter Chloe (Callina Liang), still grieving the sudden death of her best friend, senses ...
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#SUNDANCE: “THELMA” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Writer-Director Josh Margolin’s Feature debut is a tender story about growing old and how we as a society view our elders. All wrapped in one of the freshest whip-smart comedic Scripts.
The story follows 93-year-old Thelma Post (the magnificent June Squibb) who gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson. When she finds the PO Box address she sent the money to, she’s determined to confront the crook. However, her family won’t let her. But ...
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#SUNDANCE: “FREAKY TALES” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
After their Sundance breakout debut with Half Nelson, Co-Writer and Co-Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck return to the Festival with Freaky Tales. It follows four interconnected tales that take place in 1987 Oakland. Teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.
If you want to see some Nazis get brutally killed, you’ve come to the ...
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#SUNDANCE: “I SAW THE TV GLOW” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
I Saw The TV Glow is a visceral examination of our obsession with Media and a look at growing up queer in suburbia.
Writer-Director Jane Schoenbrun (Sundance ’21’s We’re All Going To The World’s Fair) returns to the Festival with this Midnight selection. It’s story reaches decades in the life of Owen (as a seventh-grader Ian Foreman and Justice Smith for the remainder of the Film) who’s trying to make it through life in the suburbs. Then they meet Maddy (an ...
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#SUNDANCE: “LOVE ME” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Love Me is the wildly-imaginative debut feature from writer-director duo Sam and Andy Zuchero. It takes place long after humanity’s extinction and tells the love story of a Smart Buoy (Kristen Stewart) and an Orbiting Satellite (Steven Yeun) that spans a billion years and probes the mysteries of being and consciousness.
The Zucheros begin this journey with the introduction of humanity’s extinction. A Smart Buoy is the first thing to ‘awaken’ on earth. Soon it ...
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#SUNDANCE: “GIRLS STATE” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ return to Sundance after premiering their hit Boys State back in 2020. They bring yet another captivating look inside the world of teenage politics with the outstanding Girls State.
This time around they focus in on a group of teenage girls from all over Missouri. They each have a passion for government and attend a week-long immersive experience in American democracy. They must build a government from the ground up and ...
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#SUNDANCE: 2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP ADDITIONS
Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced an additional five world premiere feature films, plus four award-winning feature films from previous Festivals, to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival lineup. The 2023 Festival will take place January 19–29, 2023, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, along with a selection of films available online across the country January 24–29, 2023. Single Film Tickets for in-person and online go on sale January 12 at 10 ...
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#SUNDANCE: “THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE”
By Justin Waldman
The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future requires a lot of deep thinking to truly embrace what the inner message is trying to tell the audience. Francisca Alegria directs and co-writes this beautiful Film that at its core is an allegory for how we are destroying our planet and might die from our own mistakes. As well, the way that the Movie tells its story is so unique and inspiring that its hard not to at least admire what the vision was even if it doesn’t entirely ...
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