Sundance Film Festival 2022 Premiere - How many lives does one have to live in order to know what it is to be human? It is a question asked and answered in Goran Stolevski's witch-tale, You Won't Be Alone, an official selection of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. There is no mistaking that You Won't [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Premiere - Watching Aubrey Plaza's career over these last few years has been a real delight, as she takes on more and more challenging roles, like Black Bear (2020) and most recently, Emily the Criminal. In this indie thriller, Plaza plays a character with massive student loan debt who feels wronged by [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Premiere - If you are curious about what afrofuturism is, Neptune Frost is it! Every single member of the crew deserves to be highlighted for their contribution to this unique film, from the costume design to the story writing to the cinematography, as Neptune Frost invents new approaches to depict its [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Premiere - Rendang of Death is an Indonesian-language film that is 7 minutes of food-related anarchy -- a pleasant break from the serious content that often dominates film festivals. Directed by Muhammad Andri Abdi and with the story and co-writing done by Ryan Jackson, Rendang of Death is screening as part [...]

Sundance 2022 Film Festival Premiere - Over the last few years, DIY duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have amassed a loyal fanbase. Their films push the limits of moviemaking while tackling some heavy philosophical issues, like simulation theory and the possibility of other dimensions. Their latest, Something in the Dirt, is the most contained of [...]

Sundance 2022 Film Festival Premiere - I love all movies about witchcraft, from cheesy The Craft knockoffs to the upper echelons of cinema where Suspiria lives; and having watched just about everything in between, I cannot say that I've seen a witch film quite like Master. Written and directed by Mariama Diallo as her feature [...]

Sundance 2022 Film Festival Premiere - 892 tells the true story of marine war veteran Brian Brown-Easley (John Boyega), driven to threatening to blow up a bank after the VA stiffed him out of money. This thriller is anchored by Boyega's electric performance. Put simply, he absolutely brings it to this role. He's also buoyed by [...]