Sundance

Sundance 2019: And the Winners Are…

After 10 days and 121 feature films, the 2019 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place presenting 28 prizes for feature filmmaking. “Supporting artists and their stories has been at the core...

Sundance 2019: Is ‘An Artist at the Table’ Risking Independence?

Question: Is this an event celebrating indie film or is it a party at a country club I’m not a member of? The kickoff event to Sundance Film Festival is always an...

Sundance Review: “Jim: The James Foley Story”

If you see one thing doc this year, see this Early on in “Jim: The James Foley Story”, Foley is speaking at Marquette University after having been captured by forces loyal to...

Slamdance Review: Director's Cut

Slamdance Review: Director’s Cut   Adam Rifkin’s (maybe I should say Herbert Blount’s) Director’s Cut is a twisted horror-comedy. Written and narrated by comedian and magician Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller), the...

Sundance Review: The Witch

Expelled by choice from a Puritan plantation for his hubristic insistence that his own preaching is the one right way to God, William and his family—wife Catherine, daughter Thomasin, son Caleb,...