Slamdance 2021: A Black Rift Begins to Yawn
A Black Rift Begins to Yawn is one of the most artistically rich films of the year
Sundance 2021: Superior
Superior is one of the most haunting films of the Sundance 2021 Film Festival
Sundance 2021: Searchers
Searchers is a unique capturing of the modern human experience
IFFR 2021 - Quo Vadis, Aida?
Emotionally charged, Quo Vadis, Aida? holds the horrors of humanitarian crises, infused with a gut-wrenching message on looking out for the most vulnerable
Sundance 2021: John and the Hole
John and the Hole might just be the biggest disappointment of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival
IFFR 2021 - Feast
Feast has no idea what it wants to be
Sundance 2021: Wild Indian
Wild Indian may prove to be one of the most underrated entries into Sundance this yea
IFFR 2021 - Les Sorcières de l’Orient (Witches of the Orient)
Witches of the Orient is as much about volleyball players as it is about a director attempting to break his craft into the mainstream
Sundance 2021: Ailey
Ailey works well both as a capturing of Alvin Ailey’s life and a celebration of his legacy
IFFR 2021 - Dead and Beautiful
Dead and Beautiful is an innocuous, slippery slope that begins with vaguely bored tones and crashes headfirst into unpalatable nonsense
IFFR 2021 - Archipelago (Archipel)
Archipelago is frustrating, rather than exciting
IFFR 2021 - El perro que no calla (The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet)
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet is flawed but, at times, is touching enough to break through the expected tropes it chooses to toy with
IFFR 2021 - Landscapes of Resistance
Landscapes of Resistance would be better suited to a hardback, which it is already
IFFR 2021 - King Car
Careful consideration for the technical merits and the casting are not enough to stop King Car swerving off the road
IFFR 2021 - Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive has a lack of substance to it
IFFR 2021 - The North Wind
Dramas can only be as engaging and interesting as the leading characters, and here they’re as bored and creaky as the derelict, busy house they operate from
IFFR 2021 - Suzanna Andler
Lukewarm and disconnected from its audience, Suzanna Andler struggles to convey any flourish of artistic enlightenment
IFFR 2021 - Dear Comrades!
It is the little details Konchalovsky adds that pay dividends in the end
IFFR 2021 - Mitra
While it may not have the most consistent pacing or narrative, there is enough within Mitra thematically to make for a thoroughly rewarding experience
IFFR 2021 - Gritt
Gritt is a rewarding experience on the whole