Sundance 2022: ‘Girl Picture’ is for Gen-Z, not just about Gen-Z

Directed by Alli Haapasalo and written by Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen, Girl Picture stars Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, and Linnea Leino. It’s part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Coming-of-age films are…

Now Streaming: Nobody, A Hero, and 25 more movies you can watch this week

We’re almost at the end of January, which means we’ll soon receive a glut of new streaming options in time for Valentine’s Day. Before all that heartbreak happens, however, we’ve collected a list of titles, new and old, that just…

Sundance 2022: ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ is refreshingly in step with its weird masculinity

Cha Cha Real Smooth is a U.S. Dramatic Competition world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2022). Cooper Raiff’s sophomore feature film, Cha Cha Real Smooth, is more or less an extended epilogue of his wonderfully, comfortably contained debut, ‌S#!%house. If…

‘Too Hot To Handle’ season 3 review: Lana faces the toughest rule-breakers yet

The temptation for sex and romance reached new limits on the new season of Netflix’s Too Hot To Handle. Can we all agree that this was the horniest cast yet? Seriously, they were cashing charges that their prize fund couldn’t…

Sundance 2022: ‘Speak No Evil’ is a disturbing social commentary about the horrors of being social

Speak No Evil is part of the Midnight Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival (2022). It was recently acquired by Shudder. Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil constantly reminds of a rule that parents often tell their children: Don’t talk…

Sundance 2022: ‘A Love Song’ is a both poignant and hopeful ballad

Directed and written by Max Walker-Silverman, A Love Song stars Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, and Marty Grace Dennis. It’s part of the Premieres section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. At a lakeside…

Sundance 2022: ‘After Yang’ infuses Kogonada’s minimalist melancholy with futilistic futurism

Directed by Kogonada (Columbus), After Yang stars Colin Farrell, Jodie-Turner Smith, Haley Lu Richardson, and Justin H. Min. It’s part of the Spotlight features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. After Yang comes into the picture about as quietly and…