Reviews

[Sundance Review] Calvary

Calvary opens hard on Father James (Brendan Gleeson) sitting in his confessional, listening to his parishioners' sins. In comes a scarily calm voice from the ot...

[Sundance Review] Laggies

Returning to the Sundance Film Festival for the third consecutive year, Lynn Shelton has risen in the ranks since her debut Humpday, attracting major names for ...

[Sundance Review] I Origins

The follow-up to his previous Sundance entry Another Earth, Mike Cahill's I Origins similarly mixes together sci-fi elements based loosely in real science with ...

[Sundance Review] The Raid 2

Relentlessly brutal and violent, The Raid 2 is an appropriately over-the-top sequel to the original action blockbuster. Directed by Gareth Evans, the film is a ...

[Sundance Review] Boyhood

Exactly one year after completing his accomplished Before trilogy at Sundance, writer-director Richard Linklater returns with Boyhood, a film 12 years in the ma...

[Sundance Review] Young Ones

Young Ones, from writer/director Jake Paltrow, opens with a bang, and spends the rest of the time trying to live up to its promise of smart and entertaining sci...

[Sundance Review] The Guest

How blue can human eyes get? The question is answered succinctly in Adam Wingard's The Guest, a comfortably diverting riff on most all of the action/thriller el...

[Sundance Review] Cold In July

Far removed from his cold, clean serial killer character in Dexter, Michael C. Hall's first role following the series' conclusion finds him as a family man put ...

[Sundance Review] Wish I Was Here

The great adventure at the heart of Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here is the search for purpose. An answer to the question, 'why are we here? And for what reason?' E...