#SUNDANCE: “RESURRECTION”
By Mr. Will Wong
Rebecca Hall in recent years has placed herself into some really challenging roles. Her work in unforgettable films like Christine and The Night House for example, with her delving deep into the psyche of her characters and their mental struggles. The Academy Award-nominated Actress/Director once again delivers a powerful display in Sundance selection RESURRECTION, by Director/Writer Andrew Semans.
The Psychological Horror centers on Margaret (Rebecca Hall) who seems to ...
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#SUNDANCE: “GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE”
By Mr. Will Wong
One of the films we were looking forward to seeing most at the Festival this year was Sophie Hyde's GOOD LUCK TO YOU LEO, GRANDE. While its premise might seem a bit comical and outlandish, in Hyde's capable hands and some pitch-perfect chemistry between its two leads, this feels just right.
Nancy (Emma Thompson) is a widowed, former teacher whom self-admittedly has "faked it" all along. She enlists the help of a sex worker who goes by the name of Leo Grande (Daryl ...
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#SUNDANCE: “THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD”
By Mr. Will Wong
While it already has made waves at Cannes and TIFF, Norwegian Writer/Director Joachim Trier brings the brilliant finale to his acclaimed "Oslo Trilogy" to Sundance. The Romantic Dramedy is shortlisted to represent Norway at the upcoming Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
Trier continues to explore life today in this Norwegian capitol and at the center of the story is Julie (Renate Reinsve in her award-winning performance), an almost-thirty woman still ...
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#SUNDANCE: “NANNY”
By Amanda Gilmore
Writer-Director Nikyatu Jusu’s Feature debut is a heartfelt love letter to immigrant women who sacrifice everything to give their children a better life.
Aisha (Anna Diop), an undocumented Senegalese immigrant, lands a job as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan couple. As she spends her days taking care of their daughter Rose (Rose Decker), she is haunted by the absence of the young son she had to leave behind in Senegal. Aisha hopes her new job ...
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#SUNDANCE: “MASTER”
By Amanda Gilmore
Master follows three Black women at an elite New England university, Ambrose College, built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill. Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) has just been instated as Master, first-year student Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee) is trying to find her place, and literature professor Liv Beckman (Amber Gray) attempts to get her tenure. The three women navigate the politics and privilege of the campus and encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the ...
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#SUNDANCE: “KLONDIKE”
By Amanda Gilmore
Its July 2014, Irka (Oxana Cherkashyna) and Tolik (Sergey Shadrin) live in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine near the Russian border. The region was disputed territory in the early days of the Donbas war. As they anxiously anticipate the birth of their first child, the crash of flight MH17 elevates tensions in their village.
This is one of the many films at this year’s Festival that is timely. As each day goes by, we hear more about the escalating tensions on the ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “SPIDER-MAN” RECLAIMS TAKES TOP SPOT AGAIN IN TIGHT FINISH
The resilient SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME reclaims the #1 spot once again at the Box Office with $13.5 million from 3,705 theatres across North America for Sony Pictures, a total run of $720 million thus far.
SCREAM just misses a repeat at the top, bringing-in $11.7 million from 3,666 theates for Paramount Pictures. Over two weekends it has made $50.6 million.
SING 2 gets third with $8.2 million from 3,434 theatres for Universal Pictures, bringing its run to $128.2 million ...
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#SUNDANCE: “CALL JANE”
By Mr. Will Wong
Set in the late '60s as Chicago is about to witness a major political upheaval sparked by the assassination for Martin Luther King Jr.. CALL JANE tells the story of Joy (Elizabeth Banks), whom after becoming pregnant, faces a life-threatening condition. She decides to get an abortion, but is faced with great obstacles. She is able to find the support of the Jane Collective, an underground group of women who support one another in their fight for women's rights and safer ...
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#SUNDANCE: “NOTHING COMPARES”
By Amanda Gilmore
This in-depth Documentary examines Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and how she used her voice at the height of her stardom, leading to her being exiled from the pop mainstream.
Director Kathryn Ferguson focuses on the years 1987 to 1993, when O'Connor made headlines repeatedly. This spans the years where O’Connor was establishing herself as an artist up to the moment on SNL that changed everything. Ferguson boldly makes this an archival ...
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#SUNDANCE: “892”
By Mr. Will Wong
On July 7, 2017, former Lance Corporal Bryan Brown-Easley (John Boyega) was shot to death after barricading himself inside a bank where he held two bank workers hostage, pretending to carry a bomb. After an honourable discharge from the Marines, he had been struggling to get by and after a payment of $892.34 he was due from the Department of Veteran Affairs was withheld after it was used to pay off a garnishment from a past college loan, he decided to take matters into his ...
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