Sundance Review: ‘The Pod Generation’Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor Lead Sophie Barthes’ Frustrating, Futuristic...
Director Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation is a 101-minute-long movie version of a Black Mirror episode. Starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor, who would...
Sundance Review: ‘Shortcomings’Randall Park And Justin H. Min Are A Comedic Director/Actor Duo To...
For the last couple of years, Randall Park has been the best part of a lot of projects. He gained a loyal following in...
Sundance Review: ‘The Starling Girl’Eliza Scanlen Is Seduced By Religion And Lewis Pullman In...
The Starling Girl starts out with a dance. A group of young women sashay into a church sanctuary in form-fitting white leotards and flowing...
Sundance Review: ‘Blueback’Mia Wasikowska And Eric Bana Star In This Serene But Dull Environmentalist...
Young people have always been on the forefront of change. Nowhere is that more evident today than in the fight for climate change. With...
Sundance Review: ‘Fancy Dance’Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson Star In Erica Tremblay's Gripping Tale...
A woman and a teenager stand at a creek bed, the elder smoking and relic hunting, the younger catching crawfish. With the wind whistling...
Sundance Review: ‘Cat Person’Emilia Jones And Nicholas Braun Play A Mismatched Couple In Susanna...
In 2017, writer Kristen Roupenian published a short story in the New Yorker that didn’t just get the attention of older white liberals. It...
Sundance Review: ‘Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out’The...
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out is easily the best-titled movie at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It’s silly,...
Sundance Review: ‘Fairyland’Scoot McNairy Finally Takes The Lead With Emilia Jones In This Flawed...
For years, Scoot McNairy has played the supporting man. The dependable, nerdy guy, possibly with a sinister side that helps (or hinders) the lead’s...
Review: ‘When You Finish Saving The World’Jesse Eisenberg's Signature Awkwardness Fails To Lead Julianne...
When You Finish Saving The World feels like it’s Jesse Eisenberg’s first feature. Though he steps away from an acting role in his directorial debut,...
Review: ‘Women Talking’Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, And Jessie Buckley Decide The Fate Of Their...
NOTE: This review was originally part of our 2022 Middleburg Film Festival coverage.
In Women Talking, three generations of women from three different families meet...