Death on the Nile offers gorgeous visuals and a stacked (if not troubled) cast, making for another flashy Agatha Christie adaptation from the director and star. One thing you have to admire about Sir Kenneth Branagh is his dedication, not…
Sundance 2022: ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ is refreshingly in step with its weird masculinity
Cha Cha Real Smooth is a U.S. Dramatic Competition world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2022). Cooper Raiff’s sophomore feature film, Cha Cha Real Smooth, is more or less an extended epilogue of his wonderfully, comfortably contained debut, S#!%house. If…
Sundance 2022: ‘Speak No Evil’ is a disturbing social commentary about the horrors of being social
Speak No Evil is part of the Midnight Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival (2022). It was recently acquired by Shudder. Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil constantly reminds of a rule that parents often tell their children: Don’t talk…
Sundance 2022: ‘A Love Song’ is a both poignant and hopeful ballad
Directed and written by Max Walker-Silverman, A Love Song stars Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, and Marty Grace Dennis. It’s part of the Premieres section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. At a lakeside…
Sundance 2022: ‘After Yang’ infuses Kogonada’s minimalist melancholy with futilistic futurism
Directed by Kogonada (Columbus), After Yang stars Colin Farrell, Jodie-Turner Smith, Haley Lu Richardson, and Justin H. Min. It’s part of the Spotlight features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. After Yang comes into the picture about as quietly and…
‘The Pink Cloud’ review: An unusually cathartic pandemic drama
Sometimes, art imitates life, and sometimes, life imitates art. It’s difficult to know what exactly writer-director Iuli Gerbase was thinking or feeling when everything came crashing down shortly after she finished filming her first feature film, The Pink Cloud, but…