Sundance Film Festival

LAS PALMAS

By | February 2012

2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! If you still lack the motivation to find this short and consume it multiple times, consider this little tidbit: the baby drives a motorcycle and smokes cigarettes. Classic…

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LAS PALMAS

By now I hope we have all seen the 1 minute, 21 second short “Baby Trashes Bar in Las Palmas” on YouTube. If not, stop what you’re doing immediately...

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FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL…

I am always excited to see female friendship depicted on screen, and it is a shockingly rare occurrence. Popularized by comic strip writer Alison Bechdel,...

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L

According to one man in L, “Honey is not in any category like fruit. It is just honey. And for this we must respect it.” Note that this is not the same...

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LAY THE FAVORITE

Lay the Favorite is hardly the film anyone familiar with Stephen Frears's better work would want or expect of the English director, but that isn't to say...

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ETHEL

I am a little bit of a Kennedy junkie. They were like the Kardashians of their day – except smarter, prettier, funnier, and with the potential to change...

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RED HOOK SUMMER

Once your brain adjusts to the over-the-top, stage-styled performances, there’s a strong chance Spike Lee’s latest effort, Red Hook Summer, will come...

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SHADOW DANCER

Andrea Riseborough deserves to be one of 2012’s breakout stars. Her performance as Colette McVeigh is outstanding. Her character is practically...

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RED LIGHTS

Regardless of how I felt about this movie, I think a description of Red Lights will convince you whether or not you want to see it: In between teaching...

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BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*

Swedish documentarian Fredrick Gertten made a film called BANANAS!* about a group of Nicaraguan plantation workers who sued Dole over unsafe working...

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FOR ELLEN

In For Ellen, Paul Dano stars as Joby Taylor. Joby’s a hard-working lead singer for a struggling rock group. Fights with his bandmates and issues...

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