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Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “The Persian Version” and “Eileen”

The Persian Version and Eileen offer different takes on friction in the family.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Anne Hathaway, David D'Arcy, Eileen, Maryam Keshavarz, The Persian Version, Thomasin McKenzie, William Oldroyd

Film Review: “Spoiler Alert” — A Comfortable and Comforting LGBTQIA+ Story

Spoiler Alert is arranged to make the viewer feel snug, like a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter day.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ben Aldridge, Jim Parsons, Michael Ausiello, Netflix, Spoiler Alert

Film Review: “Close” — Feeling the Tragic Weight of the Human Condition

Some might consider Close to be a depressing film, but its impressive understanding of human frailty and the power of forgiveness is revelatory.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Close, Eden Dambrine, Gustav de Waele, Lukas Dhon

Sundance Film Festival 2023, Dispatch #3: Magic Beneath the Surface

Two horror-adjacent films at this year’s Sundance Festival — Sorcery and Animalia — were strikingly beautiful.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Animalia, Christopher Murray, Oumaima Barid, Sofia Alaoui, Sorcery, Valentina Véliz Caileo

Film Review: “No Bears” — An Iranian Director’s Muted Act of Subversion

Rather than coming across as angry or urgent, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s No Bears feels muted, perhaps even subdued to the point of depression.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Jafar Panahi, No Bears, Steve Erickson

Film Review: “One Fine Morning” — The Ambiguities of Love

One Fine Morning lives up to its sunny title, even if it’s a bit less optimistic than you might expect.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Léa Seydoux, Mia Hansen-Løve, One Fine Morning, Pascal Greggory, Steve Erickson

Flipping a Coin: The Significance of Anna May Wong’s Quarter

What emerges from even a cursory study of Anna May Wong’s life is that her complexity and depth were rarely acknowledged but she used her intelligence to control the narrative as much as she could.

By: John Barrett Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film Tagged: Anna May Wong, John Barrett

Sundance Film Festival Review: “Beyond Utopia” — Escape (for Some) from North Korea 

Beyond Utopia is a grim reminder that, against growing odds, people keep leaving North Korea, or try to. It may be a while before another family agrees to film the journey out.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Beyond Utopia, David D'Arcy, Madeleine Gavin, North Korea

Sundance Film Festival 2023 Dispatch #2: Retreating

My second crop of Sundance screenings features three films that are all about women who, on some level, retreat from certain aspects of their lives: their pasts, their trauma, their public persona.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Alice Englert, Bad Behaviour, Jennifer Connelly, Nicole Newnham, Rosa Marchant, Sundance Film Festival 2023, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, Until It Melts, Veerle Baetans

Sundance Film Festival Review: “Kim’s Video” — Lost and Found?

Kim’s Video is quixotic in a nutty way — in an old Indie style — that is more refreshing than it is nostalgic.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ashley Sabin, David D'Arcy, David Redmon, Kim’s Video, Sundance Film Festival, video documentary, Video Store, Yongman Kim

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