Interview: ‘Bad Hair’ Director Justin Simien On Horror Influences, Telling Black Stories, And Someday...
After the success of his racially-charged debut feature Dear White People, Justin Simien could've easily given us more of the same. But what's the...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘The Climb’ Finds The Funny in Toxic Friendships
Having friends as an adult is not as easy as it is when you are a kid. Your life is more complicated, social norms...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Possessor’ Is A Savage Sophomore Effort From Brandon Cronenberg
Tasya Vos. The name sounds like someone from a Bond movie. That's not too far off. Vos (Andrea Riseborough) is a corporate mercenary, but...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Downhill’, An Enjoyable Bunny Slopes Version Of ‘Force Majeure’
A snapshot is just a single moment in time. Anybody can stop to grin like a fool for a photograph; it's what happens outside...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘The Glorias’, Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem Biopic Is Uneven But Engaging
Life's road is jagged, never a straight line. That's especially true for renowned feminist activist Gloria Steinem, whose life has always been colored outside...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Worth’, Michael Keaton Leads A Thoughtful Drama About 9/11 Victim Compensation
What is the value of human life? Can you place a dollar figure on a person's life? "What is life worth"? That's the question...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Black Bear’, Aubrey Plaza And An Actual Black Bear Highlight A...
I don't know if there's been a movie more suited to Sundance's NEXT lineup than Black Bear, a rip-roaring, razor-sharp comedy about toxic relationships...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘Come Away’ Gives Peter Pan And Alice In Wonderland Grim Origin...
If Brenda Chapman's name is familiar to you, it's probably also what will draw you to Come Away. A longtime animator on Dreamworks' The...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘The Perfect Candidate’, Haifaa al-Mansour Gets Back To Her Hopeful, Empowering...
It's good to see Haifaa al-Mansour get back to basics, so to speak. Her 2012 debut, the uplifting, vitally-important coming of age film Wadjda,...
Review: ‘Bad Boys For Life’ Wants To Be The Next ‘Fast & Furious’, And...
"Bad Boys Bad Boys, whatcha gonna do?"
Here's an idea, let's make Bad Boys into the next Fast & Furious.
That seems to be the mandate...