Lily Gladstone Gives A Tremendous Performance In Indigenous Drama [Sundance]

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Lily Gladstone Gives A Tremendous Performance In Indigenous Drama [Sundance]

With her breakout turn as a soulful queer rancher in Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women,” Lily Gladstone proved herself to be one of the most unique and affecting performers of the last decade. Although she has worked steadily since it’s ridiculous…

I Don’t Give a Damn About Your Bad Reputation

About halfway through Bad Behaviour, the feature directorial debut of Alice Englert, a particularly vapid character talks about how when she talks, it almost doesn't matter what she says. In fact, it might be as well if she had nothing…

Lacking Story of Deadly Cult

Home Movie Reviews ‘AUM: The Cult at the End of the World' Review: An Incomplete Story About a Deadly Cult | Sundance 2023 Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto's documentary about the Japanese doomsday cult doesn't dig in deep enough. Image…

The Amazing Maurice | Film Threat

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 MOVIE REVIEW! Terry Pratchett was the best-selling author for the entire decade of the 1990s in the United Kingdom. The writer focused on absurd, humorous fantasy tales, with his beloved Discworld series having 41 books to…

A Classy Night at the Cinema

I paid for my first-ever trip to Coventry before our flight to Abu Dhabi last week and we stopped into check out a film at a cinema I’ve not visited before, here’s my Showcase De Lux review. With my ticket…

A Holiday Romcom More Sticky Than Sweet

Home Movie Reviews Christmas With The Campbells Review: A Holiday Romcom More Sticky Than Sweet In the case of Christmas with the Campbells, this is a holiday movie that doesn't have a great deal of charm despite its intriguing premise. Brittany Snow…

Eugenio Derbez Stars In Heartfelt But Flawed Teaching Drama [Sundance]

While introducing “Radical,” director Christopher Zalla (“Sangre de Mi Sangre”/”Blood of My Blood”) said it was a labor of love. In addition to that, he said it’s a “movie about what happens when kids are empowered.” And while the film…

Heartfelt Look at Human Side of Space Travel

Home Movie Reviews ‘The Longest Goodbye' Review: A Heartfelt Look at the Human Side of Space Travel | Sundance 2023 Director Ido Mizrahy looks at the psychological toll it takes on astronauts going to Mars. Image via Sundance Space, the…

Raven Jackson’s Riveting Feature Debut

When we inevitably take our final breaths, what is it that we will hold onto? In an existence that is full of pain, joy, and everything in between, we don’t always know what it is that will have a profound…

Willie Nelson & Family | Film Threat

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Everything you ever wanted has gotten to you exactly how you wanted it in the dead solid perfect documentary TV series Willie Nelson & Family, directed by Oren Moverman and Thom Zimny. It starts in…

A Frightening Doc About The 1990s Cult Waging War In Japan [Sundance]

The last few years have been great times for documentaries about cults. That does not mean it is a time of introspection about the questing impulses driving people into cults. The appeal of content—generally of the limited streaming series variety—about…

Wirkola’s Gory Christmas Flick Is Wildly Entertaining

Home Movie Reviews Violent Night Review: Wirkola’s Gory Christmas Flick Is Wildly Entertaining Violent Night contains ferocious action sequences and gruesome body horror, and it’s a bloody good time. There’s no time like the end of the year, when families…

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