Plainclothes, 2025. Written and Directed by Carmen Emmi. Starring Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Amy Forsyth, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, John Bedford Lloyd, Alessandra Ford Balazs, and Sam Asa Brownstein. SYNOPSIS: A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target. Writer/director […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Bubble & Squeak
Bubble & Squeak, 2025. Written and Directed by Evan Twohy. Starring Himesh Patel, Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry, Ursel Tilk, Inga Salurand, Jaak Prints Ralf, Samuel Arulepp, Lauren Grinberg, Mika Lipartia, Andres Tabun, Zoë Chao, and Mo Gilligan. SYNOPSIS: Accused of smuggling cabbages into a nation where cabbages are banned, Declan and […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – By Design
By Design, 2025. Written and Directed by Amanda Kramer. Starring Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Alisa Torres, Udo Kier, Clifton Collins Jr., Betty Buckley, Ruby Cruz, Cristobal Tapia Montt, Jessie-Ann Kohlman, and Cricket Arrison. SYNOPSIS: A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair. Juliette […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Omaha
Omaha, 2025. Directed by Cole Webley. Starting John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam, Emma Keifer, and Teo Santos. SYNOPSIS: After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are woken up by their dad and taken on a cross-country journey, experiencing a new world. As their adventure unfolds, Ella begins to understand that […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Twinless
Twinless, 2025. Written and Directed by James Sweeney Starring Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti, Susan Park, Heidi Herschbach, Teddy Van Ee, Conner Deadrick, Arkira Chantaratananond, Kody Harvard, Jannette Bloom, Cree Cicchino, and François Arnaud. SYNOPSIS:: Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, 2025. Directed by Shoshannah Stern. Featuring Marlee Matlin, Shoshannah Stern, Henry Winkler, Lauren Ridloff, and Troy Kotsur. SYNOPSIS: In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Train Dreams
Train Dreams, 2025. Directed by Clint Bentley. Starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr., John Patrick Lowrie, Alfred Hsing, Ron Ford, Olive Steverding, Zoe Rose Short, Jennifer Simmons, Cisco Keanu Reyes, and Jerry Dykeman. SYNOPSIS: A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Come See Me in the Good Light
Come See Me in the Good Light, 2025, Directed by Ryan White. Featuring Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley, Heather Mann, Emily Clay, and Bethy Leonard. SYNOPSIS: Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life, and mortality. Ryan White’s documentary follows poet laureate […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Heightened Scrutiny
Heightened Scrutiny, 2025, Directed by Sam Feder. Featuring Tre’vell Anderson, Katie Barnes, Mina Brewer, Alberto Cairo, Gina Chua, Jelani Cobb, Laverne Cox, Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Ari Drennen, Eli Erlick, Morgan D. Givens, Julie Hollar, Sabrina Imbler, Alexia Korberg, Wesley Lowery, Maria, Mila, Muna Mire, Miss Peppermint, Elliot Page, Pau, Kae Petrin, Phillip Picardi, Lydia […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sorry, Baby
Sorry, Baby, 2025. Written and Directed by Eva Victor. Starring Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack, Liz Bishop, Chhoyang Cheshatsang, Marc Carver, Jordan Mendoza, Celeste Oliva, Jesse Gabbard, Anabel Graetz, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Lucien Spelman, Priscilla Manning, and Conor Sweeney. SYNOPSIS: Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes […]
