With the eyes of the world on Ukraine right now, two films at Sundance came from that country, or what used to be that country.
Sundance Film Festival
Film Review: “2nd Chance” – A Memorable American Con Artist
With Richard Davis, director Ramin Bahrani found an old-fashioned fraud, a paunchy American grifter worthy of a story by Mark Twain.
Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #5 — Nature, and Healing
These three Sundance films supplied very intense viewing experiences.
Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #4 — Trauma and Terror
When given a choice, tend to choose films that are fairly harrowing to watch. The next three Sundance Fest films on my slate were often disturbing, but also powerful and inspiring on many levels.
Film Review: “Tantura” — Detailing the Dark Side of Israel’s Creation Myth
With Tantura, brimming with evidence that will now be hard to suppress, director Alon Schwarz may have won an important battle in the war of conflicting narratives about Israel’s war of independence.
Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #2 — In the Flesh
My second Sundance dispatch deals with abortion, torture and cannibalism: what a scintillating combination for a bitterly cold weekend!
Film Reviews: Sundance 2022 — Dispatch #1, People Are Horrible and Amazing
The first three films I saw at the Sundance Film Festival were very high-profile premieres.
Film Review: Virtual Sundance 2021 — Let Corporations Chase the Crowd Pleasers — Here’s the Real Stuff
Sundance’s strengths for me this year (as in the past) were the festival’s documentaries.