Tag: Independent Films

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack Charm in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Sundance Film Festival)

Self-discovery is usually something that we associate with young adulthood, a time for exploration and finding out what makes us tick and what we like. But certain cultural mores and life’s roadblocks bring some to this point later…

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Men Has Something to Say Without Saying Anything New at All

Director Alex Garland has quickly established himself as a skillful writer/director of science fiction with films such as Ex Machina and Annihilation. He makes his anticipated return to the big screen, this time returning to the horror genre….

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On The Count of Three Melds Humor and a Serious Examination of Depression and Hopelessness in Thrilling Fashion (Sundance Film Festival)

We currently live in a time where people nationwide are struggling through a myriad of problems, from financial to mental to a combination of many issues. These hard times are leading many on a path toward self destruction…

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Dual is an Absurdist Sci-Fi Dramedy That Just Misses Digging Deep Enough (Sundance Film Festival)

Dual introduces us to Sarah (Karen Gillan) who was recently diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease and is unsure how to process the news. As she deals with her coming death, Sarah decides to ease the pain…

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Everything Everywhere All At Once is the Creative Cinema Audiences Didn’t Know They’ve Craved

Everything Everywhere All at Once transports its audience and laundromat co-owner Evelyn Wong (Michelle Yeoh) through an interdimensional rupture that unravels reality. Evelyn soon finds herself face to face with an alternate version of her husband Waymond (Ke…

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After Yang Contemplates Re-centering Life and What It Means to be Human (Sundance Film Festival)

“That’s such a human thing to ask. We always assume other beings would want to be human, what’s so great about being human?” After making his full length feature debut in the director’s chair for 2017’s Columbus, Kogonada…

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Petite Maman: If You Could Ask Your Young Mother a Question, What Would It Be? (Toronto International Film Festival)

The relationship between parent and child can be a roller coaster, particularly during a child’s formative years when their emotions are strong but their life experience is thin. Throughout our young lives there are moments where we all…

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Jockey Takes a Meditative Look at Life Transitions (Sundance Film Festival)

Realizing that one has arrived at a crossroads in their life where what existed and what they knew before is coming to close is a frightening prospect that we all just face one day. We take for granted…

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Red Rocket is a Black Comedy Entertaining Enough to Mask The Stench of Its Protagonist (Middleburg Film Festival)

In life, we run into people of all varieties. Some are nicer than others, some smarter than others, but everyone just wants their piece of the pie. In chasing success, some people take a path that’s more morally…

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C’Mon C’Mon Takes a Tender Look at What Teaching Kids Teaches Adults (Middleburg Film Festival)

Most of the focus on raising children is centered around not failing them as they learn who they are and how to navigate the world. But less talked about is how children fundamentally changes adults and can often…

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