In one of the scenes in Daina Reid's Run Rabbit Run, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Mia (Lily Latorre) says to her mother, Sarah (Sarah Snook), that she misses people she never met all the time. Although a little girl refers to her grandmother, the sentence stays with
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Sundance Review: ‘The Starling Girl’ is a Moving Coming-Of-Age Film with Eliza Scanlen
Eliza Scanlen's Jem Starling, in Laurel Parmet's The Starling Girl, doesn't have an easy life growing up in rural Kentucky. The seventeen-year-old girl wholeheartedly believes she's disappointing God, her family, and everybody involved as she doesn't want to marry the boy they'd like. The actress's coming-of-age role is often heartbreaking,
Sundance Review: ‘Cat Person’ Is an Unevenly Paced Thriller Drama with Noteworthy Performances by Jones and Braun
In Susanna Kogel's adaptation of Kristen Roupenian's The New Yorker viral short story, Cat Person, Margot (Emilia Jones) and her friend Taylor (Geraldine Viswanathan) are mortified as they examine Margot's phone, which keeps receiving nasty, disrespectful texts from Robert (Nicholas Braun), her would-be boyfriend. This specific scene is quite chilling
Sundance Review: ‘Eileen’ Is an Intoxicating Revamp of the Noir
Imagine Carol but make it film noir. You'd get William Oldroyd’s Eileen. Based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel of the same name, it feels like a Patricia Highsmith novel directed by Douglas Sirk and Alfred Hitchcock. It has both that stunning Sirk cinematography, layered over Hitchcock suspense. One of the most
Sundance Review: ‘My Animal’ Is for Queer Horror Lovers
Jacqueline Castel’s debut feature, My Animal, is for queer horror lovers. Inspired by classic monster movies and '80s horror, it’s another intricately woven tale of otherness and the battle towards self-acceptance. By exploring relevant adolescent struggles and complex family dynamics, as well as themes of inheritance, it navigates the most
Sundance Review: ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ Is for the Depressed Introverts
Sundance Review: ‘Infinity Pool’ Cracks the Rich Wide Open in a Sick Satire
In Infinity Pool’s opening frames, the camera flips upside down to prepare its audience for a disorienting experience. Brandon Cronenberg delivers just that. His latest is The White Lotus dialed up to eleven on the violence scale. A kaleidoscopic, suspenseful, and sick satire that blends the thriller, horror, and sci-fi
The 3rd Annual MACRO Lodge at Sundance Film Festival Presented by SheaMoisture Announces Powerful Schedule of Events
The MACRO Lodge at Sundance(www.StayMACRO.com), presented by SheaMoisture and hosted by MACRO Founder & CEO Charles D. King (Sorry To Bother You, Mudbound, Fences) and his wife Stacey Walker King, Chief Brand Officer of the company, will return to the Sundance Film Festival for its third annual showcase of inclusive
