Sundance Film Review: Tigerland

Sundance Film Review: Tigerland

Tigerland Sundance Film Festival Director: Ross Kauffman In both Eastern and Western imaginations and art, the tiger has always been a symbol of beauty and power. As their numbers dwindle in the wild, many people are moved to help their cause. Tigerland follows two parallel tiger conservation efforts: in far east Russia where Pavel Famenko

Sundance Film Review: Judy and Punch

Sundance Film Review: Judy and Punch

Judy and Punch (Australia) Sundance Film Festival Director: Mirrah Foulkes In 16th century Seaside, a town that is nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman) are the main source of entertainment. Their puppet shows require synchronized choreography, but Punch seems to be the one taking all the credit

Sundance Film Review: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love

Sundance Film Review: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
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This documentary explores (some of) his love of Marianne Ihlen, with whom he was in an open relationship for many years and who is thought of as his muse. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Sundance Film Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
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The opening scenes of The Last Black Man in San Francisco were enough to take my breath away. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Infiltrators

Sundance Film Review: The Infiltrators
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The Infiltrators is the stirring documentary cum dramatization about how members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) helped aid in halting various deportations from the U.S. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Sister Aimee

Sundance Film Review: Sister Aimee

Sister Aimee Sundance Film Festival Director: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann The story of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, as told by the film Sister Aimee, claims to have 5 1/2% truth to it. The historically accurate 5 1/2% is this: Sister Aimee was a wildly popular evangelist who founded the Four Square Church in the

Sundance Film Review: Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men

Sundance Film Review: Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men

Gathered in a theater in Staten Island, members rap group Wu-Tang Clan reminisce the circumstances that brought them into fame. … read more

Sundance Film Review: This Is Not Berlin

Sundance Film Review: This Is Not Berlin
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This Is Not Berlin celebrates the (sexual and artistic) counter-cultural liberation that this permutation of the punk scene heralded in the ’80s. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Extremely wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Sundance Film Review: Extremely wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Sundance Film Festival Director: Joe Berlinger It is difficult to ignore the “controversy” surrounding Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy and Lily Collins as Bundy’s longtime girlfriend, Liz. The controversy has to do with many people believing the trailer, and Efron’s performance, would

Sundance Film Review: Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool

Sundance Film Review: Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of The Cool Sundance Film Festival Director: Stanley Nelson The greatest names of jazz always include the ultimate in cool: jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. Julliard-trained and performing in jazz ensembles since an early age, Davis was known for his artistic flare, his emotive, vulnerable sound, and his chameleon-like ability to adapt to