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[Sundance Review] The Greasy Strangler

If a tree falls in the forest, does anyone hear it? By the same token, if a midnight movie premieres on VOD or screens at an empty AMC multiplex at 2PM, is it s...

[Sundance Review] Embrace of the Serpent

With its focus on the effects of exploration by white men on foreign lands, Ciro Guerra’s Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent will inevitably be compared to ...

[Sundance Review] Under the Shadow

Cinema is often a space for abstract, subconscious expressions that require airing. Under The Shadow is an inspired psychological thriller from Iranian filmmake...

[Review] Jane Got a Gun

It’s a wonder that Jane Got a Gun is even out in theaters right now. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with its production headlines will have read about i...

[Sundance Review] The Intervention

While The Big Chill certainly wasn't the first of its kind, Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 hit has become a cultural benchmark for the glut of features depicting a week...

[Sundance Review] Lovesong

Tender and haunting, So Yong Kim’s Lovesong is a carefully observed, nuanced character study beautifully written, directed and edited. Much of the action, like ...

[Sundance Review] The Innocents

Captured on cinema since it commenced, if a filmmaker doesn't find a new angle in which tell the horrors of World War II, then it can perhaps seem like a futile...

[Sundance Review] Ali and Nino

There is nary a film genre more tried and true than the war-time romance. From Casablanca to Doctor Zhivago to The English Patient, the structure allows for a m...