Bad Behaviour, 2023. Written and directed by Alice Englert. Starring Jennifer Connelly, Ben Whishaw, Alice Englert, Ana Scotney, Dasha Nekrasova, and Marlon Williams. SYNOPSIS: Former child actress Lucy seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon, while she also navigates the close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt performer daughter, Dylan. Being the […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Eternal Memory
The Eternal Memory, 2023. Directed by Maite Alberdi. SYNOPSIS: Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognises her. Maite Alberdi follows up her thoroughly charming, Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent with another intimate film about the toils […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Eileen
Eileen, 2023. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague, and Marin Ireland. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Anyone who saw William Oldroyd’s feature debut Lady Macbeth should know to expect more from his follow-up than the […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Cat Person
Cat Person, 2023. Directed by Susanna Fogel. Starring Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, and Isabella Rossellini. SYNOPSIS: Follows the brief relationship between twenty-year-old sophomore college student Margot, and an older man Robert, who is a regular at the movie theater where Margot works. The promise of adapting Kristen Roupenian’s iconic […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Iron Butterflies
Iron Butterflies, 2022. Written and directed by Roman Liubyi. SYNOPSIS: In summer 2014, sunflower fields and coal mines in eastern Ukraine turn into a 12 square kilometers crime scene. A multi-layered investigation into the downing of flight MH17, in which a butterfly-shaped shrapnel found in the pilot’s body implicated the state responsible for a war […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Disappearance of Shere Hite
The Disappearance of Shere Hite, 2023. Directed by Nicole Newnham. SYNOPSIS: Shere Hite’s bestselling book The Hite Report liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and opened current conversations about gender and sexuality. The latest documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nicole Newnham […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World, 2023. Directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto. SYNOPSIS: On March 20, 1995, a deadly gas attack in the Tokyo subway sent the nation and its people into chaos. This exploration of Aum Shinrikyo, who were responsible for the attack, involves the participation of those who […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Starring Michael J. Fox. SYNOPSIS: Follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease. It’s incredibly rare for an actor who has stepped […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Fair Play
Fair Play, 2023. Written and directed by Chloe Domont. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement. Guaranteed to be one of the most talked-about films from this year’s […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Tuba Thieves
The Tuba Thieves, 2023. Directed by Alison O’Daniel. SYNOPSIS: From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen. From its title alone, d/Deaf filmmaker Alison O’Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves may invite expectations of a thrill-a-minute, […]
