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'.

Review: ‘Timbuktu’

An Academy-Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Mauritania's official entry is powerful in its artistry and message.

Review: ‘The Search For Michael Rockefeller’

Raw footage from 1969 retraces the last steps of missing socialite Michael Rockefeller, although this documentary leaves more questions than answers as to his disappearance.

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.

Review: ‘Sweet Micky for President’

Grammy award-winning rapper and former Fugees band member Pras Michel campaigns to help former Haitian superstar Micky Martelly run for President in this documentary.

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.

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: ‘The Humbling’

Al Pacino battles his on and off stage demons as a tormented, aged actor in this fall-from-grace dark comedy.