Sundance 2013: Top five films of the festival (and more)Another Sundance, another 27 films reviewed. Though this is only my third year, Sundance 2013 is by far the greatest one I attended ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200Features
ReviewsSundance Review: A.C.O.D.No longer just an alternative, divorce is practically inevitable. A.C.O.D. is a feel-good comedy with a cynical stance on marriage. Writer-director Stuart Zicherman ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
ReviewsSundance Review: Emanuel and the Truth About FishesThroughout the entirety of Sundance, Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes was the only movie I didn’t take any notes on. I guess ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
ReviewsSundance Review: The Way, Way BackThe losers of high school dramas are cooler than me. Anthony Michael Hall and Jesse Eisenberg would be my high school’s presidents, not ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
ReviewsSundance Review: The GatekeepersIn Israel’s Shin Bet, I find an intelligence agency not so different from the CIA. In Israel’s religious zealots, I find an extremist ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
Sundance Review: Very Good GirlsDakota Fanning is now old enough to play the role of the older sister and it freaks me out. Witnessing a child actor, ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200Reviews
ReviewsSundance Review: LovelacePornography is a dirty business and I’m not strictly speaking about the clean-up crew. One doesn’t have to deeply penetrate the industry to ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
ReviewsSundance Review: Magic MagicSome laugh at what scares them. This act can be perceived as obnoxious and puzzling to someone else in a theater, but it ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
ReviewsReview: Don JonOur rabid consumption of media informs our lives and habits as much as our upbringing. For Jon, that media obsession is porn. When ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
ReviewsSundance Review: The Spectacular NowSutter is the life of the party, and the joke of his high school. He is the embodiment of our YOLO teen culture. ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200
Review: Upstream ColorPart of me wants to wait until I fully understand every facet of Upstream Color before I review it, but a larger part ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200Reviews
ReviewsSundance Review: Big SurIt was the public’s idolization of Jack Kerouac that spurred him to move to a remote cabin and write Big Sur. It’s funny ... By Allistair PinsofFebruary 20, 20200