Sundance

Sundance Review: 'Midnight Traveler' Is an Immersive (and Impressive) Immigration Doc
Directed by Hassan Fazili
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2019
Films shot on cellphones are not new, but Hassan Fazili's new feature shows just how far this tool can be utilized. While other directors h...
Sundance Review: 'The Nightingale,' Jennifer Kent's Followup to 'The Babadook' Is Not a Horror Film, But It's Even Scarier
Directed by Jennifer Kent
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2019
It's not the film's fault, but we can certainly credit The Babadook for inspiring a bunch of chin-stroking blowhards to pontificate on how...
Sundance Review: 'Ms. Purple' Offers Hues of Greatness
Directed by Justin Chon
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2019
Thanks to the breakthrough success of his sophomore feature Gook in 2017, Justin Chon is proving to be a go-to voice for Asian-American sto...
Sundance Review: 'Koko-Di Koko-Da' Is a Campy Fairy Tale
Directed by Johannes Nyholm
PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2019
In Koko-Di Koko-Da, Swedish director Johannes Nyholm (The Giant) explores the disorienting pain of grief via a series of surreal nightmares...
Sundance Review: 'Abe' Offers Too Many Ingredients to Taste Good
Directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade
PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2019
Good intentions do not a good film make, as is painstakingly clear with the jumbled pastiche of Abe. In its attempts to bring disparate gro...
Sundance Announces 112 Films for 2019 Edition
PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2018
While we're all still tabulating our year-end lists, it's already time to start thinking about 2019 in film. As always, the year onscreen o...
'Skate Kitchen' Review: NYC Skater Culture Through a Different Lens
Directed by Crystal Moselle
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2018
One can't help but wonder what Crystal Moselle's daily commute must be like — it seems like she's perpetually crossing paths with colourful...
Eighth Grade
Directed by Bo Burnham
PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018
There's a reason Degrassi Junior High has stood the test of time for hyper-realistic cringe-watching in a way that Beverley Hills 90210 nev...