Month: January 2019
Slamdance Film Review: Memphis ’69
In the summer of 1969, blues artists came together to celebrate the sound and soul of blues music, despite the political climate. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Lost Holiday
What better way is there to spend the holidays than with an acid-fueled investigation into the disappearance of your drug dealer’s girlfriend? … read more
Slamdance Film Review: The Professional: A Stevie Blatz Story
The Professional is an apt title for a film about someone going through the realest hustle, of owning one’s own business and trying to keep a life together around it. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Impetus
Alleyn’s journey through grief results in a fragmented story, one that quietly shudders between her introspective narration, her conversations with friends, and the film she is attempting to make. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Sea of Shadows
Sea of Shadows presents the grave, complex problem of illegal fishing in the Sea of Cortez for the endangered fish totoaba. … read more
Sundance Film Review: WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES
A punch-pop-stomp ride from start to finish, WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES chronicles four school-uniform-wearing strangers, averaging 13.5 years of age. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Advocate
Along with Jones and Bellaïche’s primary narrative, Advocate also delves into Tsemel’s personal life, insofar as it informs her practice today. … read more
Sundance Film Review: MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Her mission, in her words, was to decolonize and indigenize our screens. With Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, her son Hepi Mita continues the task. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Sharks
The cinematography, natural lighting and photography in The Sharks is stunning, as it captures lush treescapes and waves crashing against rocks on beaches. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch succeeds in not trying to assail each topic but giving us a panoramic view of how all of these human activities cumulatively affect the planet. … read more