We’re all either believers or skeptics when it comes to the paranormal, but that doesn’t mean we know which of the two we really are. This is the bottom line of Light from Light, an “anti-horror” drama from director Paul Harrill…
‘Mike Wallace is Here’ Review: A Documentary Fit For A Legend | Sundance 2019
The heyday of TV journalism wields many iconic figures behind the camera. Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Barbara Walters, the list could be quite extensive. Going into Mike Wallace is Here, a new documentary covering the prolific life of the man…
‘Relive’ Movie Review: A Cell Phone Time Machine That Drops The Call | Sundance 2019
Films are wonderful vehicles for wish fulfillment, so it makes sense that time travel gets as much play as it does as a genre device. Great films use a variety of character motivations to justify the decision to tinker with…
‘To the Stars’ Review: Love and Friendship are a Beautiful Gray Area | Sundance 2019
Whenever a filmmaker decides to set their film in black and white, the question has to be asked: Why? The answer may say a lot about how well the overall film works, independent of any cinematography considerations, and it should…
‘The Mustang’ Review: A Prisoner and His Horse Tread Familiar Ground | Sundance 2019
In the opening moments of The Mustang, we observe a group of wild horses resting on a sprawling western plain in an almost eery silence. The scene is jolted, however, when a helicopter swoops in to corral the creatures into…
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review: You’re Probably Not Ready for Dan Gilroy’s Arthouse Horror | Sundance 2019
The relationship between critic and art is one fraught with dangers of compromise, hypocrisy, and a cynicism as deep as it is wide. “Art,” of course, applies to film, television, video games, and in Velvet Buzzsaw, contemporary works and paintings.…
‘The Report’ Review: Slow Start Turns To Thrilling Investigation Of CIA’s torture program | Sundance 2019
Adam Driver spends a lot of time yelling at people in government buildings during The Report. And yet, this dry, simplistic approach to a film based on true events is a great political thriller that dives deep into the CIA’s torture,…