Review,Film Festival,Sundance Film Festival
Review: ‘How To Dance in Ohio’, ‘The Chinese Mayor’
Day 9 at Sundance brings two documentaries; a look at teenagers with autism preparing for their first prom and a Chinese government's dealings with politics and the displacement of its people.
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Review: ‘People Places Things’, ‘Don Verdean’, ‘Songs My Brother Taught Me’, ‘Z for Zachariah’
Days 7 & 8 at Sundance focused on the US Dramatic film category, featuring 'People Places Things', 'Don Verdean', 'Songs My Brother Taught Me', and 'Z for Zachariah'.
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Review: ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’, ‘Ivy’, ‘Welcome to Leith’, ‘Most Likely to Succeed’, ‘Zipper’
Nelson's back with five film recaps from Sundance- 2 documentaries, 2 narrative dramas, and 1 experimental film- and you'll never guess which one he's calling his festival favorite.
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Review: ‘Hot Girls Wanted’, ‘It Follows’, ‘White God’
Besides helping Kristen Wiig with directions, Nelson spends day 3 & 4 watching the porn industry exposé Hot Girls Wanted, midnight horror film It Follows and the highly anticipated dog epic White God.
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Review: ‘The Hunting Ground’, ‘Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution’, ‘Ten Thousand Saints’
Nelson takes us through Day 2 of the festival, catching two documentaries (one about college campus rape, another on the Black Panthers) and the world premiere of the drama Ten Thousand Saints.
Review,Film Festival,Sundance Film Festival
Review: ‘The Witch’
Nelson reports from Park City, UT on Day 1 of the Sundance Film Fest, where he catches a screening of "The Witch" and takes his first shift as a volunteer, which can be described in one word: Cold.
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Review: ‘Digging for Fire’, ’71’
Writer Nelson Tracey attends this year's Sundance Film Festival (albeit as a dedicated volunteer), who will report on the films' seen and events' witnessed each day. First log, a 700-mile road trip to Park City and a double feature.
Review: ‘Girlhood’
Female-centric and empowerment-driven, this classic coming-of-age story hits high notes as newcomer Karidja Touré executes a powerful performance in self-discovery.
Review: ‘White Shadow’, ‘Wrenched’, ‘Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)’
While Denver does not attract as massive of a crowd of industry folk, every film I saw had a full house of patrons, and there is interest here akin to the higher-profile festivals. I was able to catch the last 2 days of the 10-day festival but still managed to see a great cross-section of festival movies. While the Denver Film Festival does not attract as massive of a crowd of industry folk, every film I saw had a full house of patrons, and there is interest here akin to the higher-profile festivals. Here are my thoughts on each one, as well as a bit on when their planned release is. READ MORE...
Review: ‘Felt’
To deal with a sexually violent past, one woman gives in to her alter ego in this art house-meets-horror film.
Review: ‘Reality (Réalité)’
Quentin Dupieux's newest is another expectedly bizarre outing–and also his best stuff yet.
Review: ‘Still Alice’
While Julianne Moore shines in a role with range, the film itself does nothing to go beyond the performance.
Review: ‘Red Army’
This documentary is as riveting and entertaining as the intense Soviet hockey games that it depicts, thanks to great interview subjects and a story worth hearing.
Review: ‘A Most Violent Year’
*Screening at the 2014 AFI Film Festival, J.C. Chandor's third feature is a slow-burning yet tense crime drama, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.
Review: ‘The Midnight Swim’
*Screening at the 2014 AFI Film Festival, a mysterious death tests the relationship between three half-sisters in this eerie, genre-blending feature film debut.
