Month: January 2016

[Sundance Review] Viva

Transporting us to a richly detailed Cuba, Viva tells the story of Jesus (Héctor Medina), a meek hairdresser whose clients include drag queens at a local Havana...

[Sundance Review] The Fits

An exploration of movement, motion, liminality, childhood and racial politics, The Fits is a fascinating psychological study of Toni (fearlessly played by Royal...

[Slamdance Review] Mad

We as a culture have only recently started a collective conversation about the realities of mental illness and the ways they effect us. Premiering at Slamdance,...

[Sundance Review] Sand Storm

Scattered across the Negev desert of southern Israel are dozens of small Bedouin settlements. Unrecognized by the state, these towns lack electrical, water, or ...

[Sundance Review] Plaza de la Soledad

Mexico City's La Merced Market is a notorious haunt for prostitutes hawking their un-wear. Maya Goded, a photographer who has made prostitution one of her prima...

[Review] Martyrs

In 2008, writer-director Pascal Laugier contributed to the realm of New French Extremity -- a movement defined by such unrelenting bloodbaths as Claire Denis’s ...

[Review] Dirty Grandpa

When it works, it works -- and, more often than not, Dirty Grandpa lands big, sometimes awkward laughs. While more Todd Phillips than Solondz, director Dan Maze...

[Sundance Review] Belgica

Writer/director Felix van Groeningen based Belgica’s script on his father’s experiences running a nightclub in Ghent. How closely the story hews to the real eve...