Year: 2013
Slamdance Film Review: The Dirties
Constantly being bullied by a group of kids—known as “The Dirties” because it’s the name of the bullies’ band—at their high school, Matt (Matt Johnson) and Owen (Owen Williams) decide to film a movie about getting revenge. But as Matt gets more and more serious about the idea, Owen begins to worry his friend might take things too far. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: What Isn’t There
At the age of 10, Gibson (Dominic Roco) saw his twin brother die, and he hasn’t spoken since. Now 20, Gibson returns home to Manila for the holidays and finds his family growing slowly more and more distant. … read more
Arrivals/Departures @ the Rio Gallery 01.18
Friday, Jan. 18, the Rio Grande hosted the opening of loveDANCEmore’s Arrivals/Departures before an audience who was free to migrate from piece to piece at their leisure, whether it be videos of dancers that play on hanging screens or live dance works that the dancers repeated over and over from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)
What begins as a series of secret flirtations in a society that prohibits contact between the sexes before marriage turns into the worst scenario imaginable: Mustafa, professing his love for Wajma (Wajma Bahar), pressures her into a forbidden romance despite her reserved protests. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Toy’s House
I knew this movie was going to be painful to watch as soon as the ‘70s or ‘80s power-pop intro song started. It seemed out of place, forced—As did most of the dialogue in the film. A couple of high school friends, Joe Toy (Nick Robinson) and Patrick Keenan (Gabriel Basso) decide that their parents are such a drag that the only option is to build their own house in the forest and live there. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Upstream Color
It’s going to take me a few more viewings of this film to full grasp what the hell is going on and what it all means, but let’s try this: Larvae infect a plant, kids harvest and process the blue dust on the infected plant and they make a drink out of it which gives them mental, physical and spiritual connection. … read more
Nero (DJ Set) @ Park City Live 01.17 with DJ...
Sundance is perfect people watching, best partaken in the gaudy parties and concerts that tend to cater to warm weather visitors, aka, girls wearing bikinis in frigid Utah temperatures. This year’s opening night brought acclaimed electronic duo Nero to Park City for a pricey, open to the public, sold-out, classic Sundance dance party. … read more
Sea Wolf @ Urban 01.19 with Pentagraham Crackers, The Devil...
After a brief pause in the green room, Sea Wolf emerged congenially, all looking dapper and composed. The spotlights dimmed and the performers glommed onto their devices. Familiar, lilting guitar, a cymbal smash, and a wave of illumination ushered in “You’re a Wolf.” … read more
Afrojack @ Park City Live 01.20 with Warren Peace
Afrojack appeared onstage, gold confetti was released, and then the mayhem ensued! His set was solid, from a sick remix of PSY’s “Gangnam Style,” to his popular “Polkadots” track. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: My Name is Faith
Following a young girl named Faith—who suffers from Reactive Attachment Disorder— and her family, the Junkers, through two camps designed to help families with children who have various attachment disorders, My Name is Faith documents the difficulty of dealing with these very real issues—both as a child and as a family.
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