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[Sundance Review] The Forbidden Room

Lacking the accessibility of Guy Maddin’s earlier and most accomplished features, including My Winnipeg and Brand Upon The Brain, one ought to enter The Forbidd...

[Slamdance Review] Across the Sea

A rich and moving character-driven drama, Across the Sea, from first time filmmakers Nisan Dag and Esra Saydam, transposes a few tropes you might find in mumble...

[Sundance Review] The Hallow

Don't go to Ireland or, better yet, don't go to the part of Ireland where your insane neighbor tells you to stay out of the woods is the moral of The Hallow. Al...

[Review] Black or White

With subtle nods to classic Hollywood melodramas, Black or White is a classical contemporary social issue film with notes of Douglas Sirk, wrapped in a courtroo...

[Sundance Review] The Nightmare

With Room 237, director Rodney Ascher provided a highly entertaining exploration of over-analyzation as it pertains to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. He now ret...

[Sundance Review] Partisan

Whether it's Martha Marcy May Marlene or Sound of My Voice or this year's The Wolfpack, we've seen a number of films at Sundance deal with communes and closed c...

[Sundance Review] H.

Regardless of one's budget, a well-executed, smart idea can sell science fiction films on the smallest of scales. With seemingly little resources, the writing a...

[Sundance Review] The Wolfpack

Growing up one can often feel sheltered from the outside world, whether its through parental restrictions, lack of a social life, or the location of one's upbri...