drama

LAST BREATH: An All Killer, No Filler Deep-Sea Docudrama
LAST BREATH: An All Killer, No Filler Deep-Sea Docudrama

Last Breath is a movie that strips away all the Hollywood fluff, but turns in a delightfully-tense docudrama-thriller.

Slamdance 2025: Banr and The Big Johnson
Slamdance 2025: Banr and The Big Johnson

For our final installment of Slamdance, we’re covering a fictional drama about the struggles of Alzheimer’s and a documentary about a New York LGBTQI icon.

Slamdance 2025: Standout: The Ben Kjar Story and Know Me
Slamdance 2025: Standout: The Ben Kjar Story and Know Me

For this installment of Slamdance coverage, we’re looking at an inspiring documentary and a gripping fictional drama based on a true story.

PLAY IT AS IT LAYS and the Existential Nightmare of Hollywood
PLAY IT AS IT LAYS and the Existential Nightmare of Hollywood

Play It as It Lays is the rare adaptation of a literary masterpiece that lives up to the source material.

Slamdance Film Festival 2025: RACEWALKERS

Racewalkers reminds us of the beauty in embracing the quirky, the unconventional, and the unexpected.

Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams
Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams

Sundance this year has Twinless, an audacious exercise in storytelling, and Train Dreams that is equally as compelling.

ARMAND: The Performance of Truth

Armand is at its best when it serves as a showcase for its quartet of talented lead actors.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: ATROPIA, OMAHA & ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT

From sharp satire to raw emotion and meta-commentary, these three films take wildly different approaches to storytelling in this Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design
Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design

While quirky and strange are always welcoming qualities, they can also be quite risky. Wilson Kwong reviews Bubble & Squeak and By Design.

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN and Anna Karina is an Icon
A WOMAN IS A WOMAN and Anna Karina is an Icon

A Woman is a Woman has never looked or sounded better—but Karina’s effervescent charm remains the film’s most valuable asset.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE, SORRY, BABY & OH, HI

While these three Sundance movies are narratively different, their female focus leaves this trio, all by female directors, a fantastic assembly of our talent in today’s industry.

PRESENCE: It’s Not Scary At All, And I Still Love It

Presence is not a good horror movie. Instead, the film succeeds as a melancholy drama.

Sundance 2025: Brides; Seeds; & Sugar Babies
Sundance 2025: BRIDES; SEEDS; & SUGAR BABIES

From Sundance Film Festival, Jules Caldeira takes a look at Brides, Seeds, and Sugar Babies.

"Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)" Sundance 2025
Sundance 2025: SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE) and LAST DAYS

With Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), we have a Sundance newcomer in Sierra…

Sundance 2025: Pasta Negra; Somebody Cares; En Memoria; Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
Sundance 2025: Pasta Negra; Somebody Cares; En Memoria; Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Here’s a look at a Spanish-language fable, a crime comedy, dystopian sci-fi, and a Khmer-language story about a dead woman and her Queer grandson.