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![Slamdance Film Review: The Lesson](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Slamdance-The-Lesson-1-1024x614.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: The Lesson
What could be a coming-of-age story for Fin, a troubled teen, instead shows his mutilation by a disenchanted teacher who uses torture in order to get his message across. … read more
![Sundance Film Review: Mapplethorpe: Look At the Pictures](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mapplethorpe-Head-1024x614.jpg)
Sundance Film Review: Mapplethorpe: Look At the Pictures
Whether you’re an avid follower of Robert Mapplethorpe’s career or just now hearing about him, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures offers a comprehensive look at his controversial oeuvre. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Los Punks; We Are All We Have](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Slamdance-Los-Punks-We-Are-All-We-Have-1024x614.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Los Punks; We Are All We Have
The DIY punk scene in East LA is thriving, thanks to a community of dedicated Latinos who are determined to keep it alive and bad ass. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Slamdance-Alvin’s-Harmonious-World-of-Opposites-1024x614.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites
Alvin Ng is the agoraphobic and endearing protagonist of Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites, a perplexing yet tender film that delves into the confines of Alvin’s world—that is, the one-bedroom apartment that Alvin hasn’t left in over 18 months. … read more
![Sundance Film Review: Sky Ladder – The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Sky-Ladder-Head-1024x614.jpg)
Sundance Film Review: Sky Ladder – The Art of Cai...
Sky Ladder pulled me in with its gorgeous cinematography that beautifully captures the color that Cai uses in his artwork. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Honey Buddies](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Slamdance-HoneyBuddies-1024x614.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Honey Buddies
When a jilted former child actor is dumped by his fiancée, his irrepressibly gung-ho best man convinces him to continue on the planned honeymoon anyway, together—as honey buddies. A seven-day backpacking trek through the Oregon mountains ensues. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Myrtle Beach](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Slamdance-Myrtle-Beach-1-1024x614.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Myrtle Beach
A tourist destination may give you the impression that everything is a paradise, but Myrtle Beach doesn’t care about your pleasant vacation, as you learn through the stories from the outcasts of the area. … read more
![Sundance Film Review: My Friend from the Park](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mi-Amiga-Del-Parque2-1024x614.jpg)
Sundance Film Review: My Friend from the Park
My Friend from the Park Sundance Film Festival Director: Ana Katz Directed by Ana Katz, My Friend from the Park shows Liz caring for her infant son, Nicanor, in Argentina. Her husband, Gustavo, is working abroad in Chile on a documentary about a volcano. Nicanor’s pediatrician encourages Liz to take him to the park so
![Slamdance Film Review: Chemical Cut](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Slamdance-Chemical-Cut-1-1024x614.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Chemical Cut
Chemical Cut follows 23-year-old Irene, a creative and dewy-eyed LA misfit. After bleaching and dying her hair platinum blonde, Irene gets scouted by a modeling agency and soon finds herself entrenched in an alluring, toxic and surreal world. … read more
![Sundance Film Review: The Lure](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/thelure2-1024x614.jpg)
Sundance Film Review: The Lure
I would equate Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s The Lure to Twin Peaks + The Forbidden Zone + Grease + Ministry + Rose McDowell. … read more