Sundance Film Festival
‘Take Me Home’ Review: Sundance Award-Winner Paints an Intimate Portrait of a Family in Crisis
[ad_1] The family drama “Take Me Home” is a not an easy watch and (arguably harder than it needs to be). Yet, how could a film that takes such an...
‘Saccharine’ Review: A Grisly Body-Image Body Horror for the Age of Weight Loss Meds
[ad_1] Fast weight-loss methods have never been easier or more readily available, but they come at a cost — and for the young, dangerously experimenting protagonist of “Saccharine,” that’s higher...
Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ Sells to A24 Following Sundance Premiere
[ad_1] After an old-fashion, multi-day bidding war, Olivia Wilde‘s Sundance darling “The Invite” has sold to A24. A24 and Focus Features were locked in a tense fight for rights to...
‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Review: John Turturro Will Steal Your Heart in Noah Segan’s Elegantly Tender Character Study
[ad_1] A melancholic affection for New York City permeates writer-director Noah Segan’s nostalgia-powered “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” a minor-key character study that quietly mourns a bygone era,...
‘When a Witness Recants’ Review: A Powerful Documentary Uses Animation and New Interviews to Redraw a Decades-Old Injustice
[ad_1] In Dawn Porter’s powerful documentary “When A Witness Recants,” Ta-Nehisi Coates presents — both as an executive producer and occasional subject — a stirring tale of American injustice, which...
‘Give Me the Ball!’ Review: Ferociously Entertaining Portrait of Billie Jean King as Athletic Superstar and Culture Hero
[ad_1] “Give Me the Ball!,” the title of Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff’s ferociously inspirational and entertaining documentary about Billie Jean King, refers to something that the fabled tennis superstar...
‘The Weight’ Review: Ethan Hawke Carries an Intermittently Exciting, if Sometimes Arduous Throwback to ‘Deliverance’-Era Action Movies
[ad_1] Ethan Hawke is having a moment, the way fellow Newton boy Matthew McConaughey did a few years back. Onscreen since age 14 — yet taken for granted far too...
Neon Buying Sundance Conversion Therapy Horror Film ‘Leviticus’
[ad_1] Neon, the indie label behind “Parasite” and “Anora,” is inking one of the first deals of this year’s Sundance Film Festival and buying “Leviticus,” a buzzy horror film about...
‘Run Amok’ Review: A Drama About a School Shooting, and Therapizing It Through a Musical, Is Notable for the Performance of Alyssa Marvin
[ad_1] There are several key reasons why a movie about a school shooting feels right at home at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s not a subject that a major studio...
‘In the Blink of an Eye’ Review: Andrew Stanton’s Sci-Fi Epic Is One Third of a Good Movie
[ad_1] While presented as a trio of interconnected stories, “In the Blink of an Eye,” the latest film from “WALL-E” and “John Carter” director Andrew Stanton, plays more like three...
Olivia Wilde’s Sundance Darling ‘The Invite’ Bidding War Narrows to A24, Focus Features as Offers Eclipse $12 Million (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] A24 and Focus Features are locked in a heated bidding war for Olivia Wilde‘s new movie “The Invite,” which debuted to raves at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. After...
