Movies
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Foreign Objects: Donkey Punch (UK)
Three stupid British girls vacationing in Spain hook up with four pricks and head out into the Mediterranean on a borrowed yacht. Will the premise deliver a strong blow to the back of the head or just leave you unsatisfied?
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Sundance Review: Adventureland
Tuesday of this year’s Sundance Film Festival (otherwise known as today) will be forever remembered as the day the 80s made an assault on my critical sensibilities. It all began with Adventureland, a coming of age teen comedy set in the summer of 1987.
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Sundance Reviews: Paper Heart, Don’t Let Me Drown and Dare
Up today is a trio of films, all with unique and fresh young voices behind them. By my estimation, they all have a shot at making my “Best of” list at the end of the festival, which is saying quite a lot seeing as this year has been a spectacular one in the snowy mountains of Utah.
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Sundance Report: Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Girlfriend Experience’
It was advertised as “An Evening with Steven Soderbergh,” but we knew the score. He was there to show us a work in progress cut of his latest film The Girlfriend Experience. And so he did…
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Sundance Review: The Winning Season
They might as well call the 2009 Sundance Film Festival the year of Sam Rockwell. With the premiere of The Winning Season, from director James C. Strouse (Grace is Gone), Rockwell has solidified his position as one of the clear winners of this year’s fest.
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Sundance Review: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
One of the things Sundance is known for is its ability to discover and launch new voices in the world of film. After screening his directorial debut, I can say with conviction that John Krasinski is going to be one of those new and unique voices.
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Sundance Reviews: The Killing Room, Unmade Beds and Big Fan
In an effort to keep pace with all of the movies that I am seeing here at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, I will sometimes resort to capsule reviews. Here are three examples…
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Sundance Review: ‘Black Dynamite’ is a Funkin’ Riot
If there is one thing I wish I had learned last year at Sundance, it is that midnight shows are a lot of fun. Last…
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Sundance Review: I Love You Phillip Morris
Telling the ridiculous, but true story of a man’s journey from married Texas cop to flamboyantly gay prison escape artist wouldn’t be an easy one. But as it turns out, the two man writer/director team behind I Love You Phillip Morris has pulled it off in a way that would make proud the brothers Farrelly and Coen.