Human Factors, Pleasure, Hive, Luzzu | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner February 8, 2021
Viewers who had the good fortune to dive into the Sundance Film Festival’s programming this year have Europe to thank.
Festivals
CODA | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner
A heartfelt, straightforward, and familiar coming of ager that swept the awards at Sundance.
Judas and the Black Messiah | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner February 5, 2021
The movie offers a complex examination of the players involved that is unusual for biopics, and is inherently and unabashedly political.
Flee | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner February 1, 2021
Expertly paced and among the most suspenseful films in recent memory.
5 Highly Recommended Films | DOC NYC 2020
By Kent Turner November 17, 2020
Viewers across the United States are just a login away from seeing some of the best nonfiction films of the year.
Hopper/Welles
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 16, 2020
An intense and—to a certain point—confrontational interview that works as an essential documentary about filmmaking.
Smooth Talk | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner October 8, 2020
Laura Dern returns to the festival with her very first lead role from 1985.
Lovers Rock | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner October 5, 2020
Steve McQueen’s quasi-musical more than made up for the subdued feeling that many might have felt this year.
Nomadland | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner September 29, 2020
For an off-kilter year in which moviegoing has been curtailed and new films have debuted online and not in theaters, it’s fitting that this low-key and muted film has recently been celebrated.