Reviews

Tapeworm

By Nick Rocco Scalia | January 2020

SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! A palpable, almost profound sense of discomfort hangs over nearly every frame of Tapeworm, a Canadian film…

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! A palpable, almost profound sense of discomfort hangs over nearly every frame of Tapeworm, a Canadian film that seeks...

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SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! "Beast, Beast, ready to act" is chanted over and over at both the beginning and end of Danny Madden's film Beast Beast....

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho, the man behind last year’s critically acclaimed Parasite, really nailed it with...

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SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The title of Fernanda Valadez’ Identifying Features refers to the bodies of Mexican migrants – a lot of them young...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Nadia Bedzhdanova’s dreamlike oddity Beware of Dog is bound to infuriate some viewers due to its disjointed...

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SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The Shawl is a delightful animated short about a reunion, love, and magic. As told by two infectiously funny...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Wildly intriguing and entertaining, Jason Loftus and Eric Pedicelli’s speculative documentary Ask No Questions plays...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 DOCUMENTARY FILM REVIEW! Isolation takes many forms. Most can recognize how professions, lifestyles, and external circumstances shape our...

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SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! What happens when Brenda Chapman, co-writer and director of Brave steps away from the world of animation? The pure...

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