Arts
Max Walker Silverman Paints a Portrait of Loss and Hope...
Sundance Film Review: Rebuilding Director: Max Walker-Silverman Cinema Inutile, Cinereach, Cow Hip Films Premiere: 01.26 Writer-director Max Walker-Silverman returns to Sundance, where he dazzled with the lyrical A Love Song in 2022, and his sophomore effort is both emotional and eerily timely. While Rebuilding was chosen as an official festival selection long before the California wildfires turned
Film Review: You’re Cordially Invited
You’re Cordially Invited is a straight-to-streaming film that’s pleasant enough to be worth watching once, but it’s at best an utterly disposable comedy. … read more
Plainclothes: Queer Cognitive Dissonance Captured on Camcorder
Plainclothes is a challenge to all institutions that keep queer people closeted and hidden away from the world, be that church or government. … read more
Sophie Brooks Explores The Ties That Bind In Oh, Hi!
Oh, Hi! is a smart and unpredictable collision between 500 Days of Summer and Misery that is a surprisingly honest yet deeply insane breath of fresh air. … read more
The Things You Kill: A Mind-Bending Investigation of Generational Trauma
The Things You Kill is a revenge film, family drama, psychological horror and existential commentary all rolled into one. Somehow, director Alireza Khatami pulls it off. … read more
The Thing With Feathers: Benedict Cumberbatch Anchors a Muddled Fable...
Even with its rough edges and blatant symbolism, The Thing with Feathers is deeply earnest. You’d have to be heartless not to feel it, and that’s because the themes are very universal. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Midnight Short Film Program
Sundance 2025 Midnight Shorts has the perfect fix for those looking for a creepy good time in a bite-size treat. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Animated Short Film Program
Just because it was hand-drawn, digitized or molded by clay doesn’t mean the final product is elementary. Here’s how Sundance’s Animated Short Film Program went down! … read more
Justin Lin Puts His Audience in the Missionary’s Position in...
Last Days is more successful in its mission than its tragically misguided protagonist was, though it still doesn’t quite live up to its divine calling. … read more
Touch Me: An American Love Letter to Japanese Cinema
Addison Heimann delivers a second feature film that’s one endearing story of mental health, codependency-filled friendship, gore and lots of hentai. … read more