Dear Evan Hansen follows a high school senior with a social anxiety disorder who suddenly finds himself as the hero of his town after a student commits suicide Undoubtedly one of the worst movie-musicals ever made. Overwrought and emotionless at the same time, insensitive towards trauma and mental illness, and out of touch with reality.…
Filipino film Whether the Weather is Fine takes a quirky approach to its story of the aftermath of a Typhoon Carlos Francisco Manatad's Whether the Weather is Fine will surprise you with its melancholic surrealist drama and absurdist comedy approach to a real-life disaster and capture you with its heart. Whether the Weather is Fine,…
The Humans takes place over a single night as a family gathers in a lower Manhattan apartment for Thanksgiving — and that's a horror. The Humans is a terrifically acted New York City-set family drama that plays like a horror movie about existential dread and the figurative, and literal, claustrophobia of life… so the most East…
The Father puts you in the shoes of a man (Anthony Hopkins) suffering from dementia as he tries to figure out what his reality truly is While Sundance has had a mixed track record in recent years as a platform to launch an Oscar contender, I have almost no doubt in my mind that Anthony…
Nomadland follows a widow as she tours the west living out of her van with just her fellow nomads for help, company, and strength Quick cut: Chloé Zhao makes Nomadland's melancholic but hopeful story of nomads traversing the American West a stunningly complex character study of life on the margins of society. It’s often drilled…
Two decades later, Love & Basketball is still one of the most empathetic romances and sports drama ? This recommendation for Love & Basketball was originally published in our newsletter. Sign up here. Happy Thursday! If you live in New York City, there will be an emergency rally on Saturday in Washington Square Park protesting the violence…
Minari follows a Korean-American family as the set down roots and builds a farm in rural Arkansas in the 1980s Minari is a beautifully told family drama about chasing the American dream and all the costs and beauty that entails. Terrifically acted by the entire cast, Minari is perhaps the best movie to come out…
Mass watches as four people come together to talk through an old wound that has been preventing them from moving on with their lives Mass is a stunningly raw and emotional journey through trauma, grief, and healing featuring four tour-de-force performances that'll leave you breathless. Four people gather in a small room in the back…
John and the Hole follows a teen named John who holds his entire family captive in a deep concrete hole in the middle of the woods. John and the Hole as an intriguing enough premise holds you for some of its running time, but its lack of commitment to the black comedy or biting satire…
Herself follows a domestic abuse survivor and her two daughters as they literally rebuild their lives by building their own house See all our reviews from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival here. The opening scene of Phyllida Lloyd’s Irish drama Herself, which premiered in the World section at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, features a…
