Sundance 2012 Review: Sweet and Funny ‘Hello I Must Be Going’ Never Overstays...
Last year’s Sundance Film Festival saw an uptick in films regarding, weirdly enough, cults and cult-like sensibilities. This year’s theme has turned to an appropriate cousin to the dangers of...
View ArticleExperience Sundance 2012: Final Movies, Fond Farewells, and ‘Nerd Prom’
As Kate said in her wrap up from yesterday, the closer you get to the end of a festival, the more likely you ending up hitting that wall where it seems like you just cannot do anything more. But you...
View ArticleSundance 2012 Review: Fall Out of Love With ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ in...
It’s often said that believing you will spend forever with the person you fall in love with in high school is a naïve notion and, while the opening montage of Celeste and Jesse Forever seems to prove...
View ArticleSundance 2012 Review: Stunningly Beautiful ‘Wuthering Heights’ Can’t Escape...
While a new adaptation of Emily Bronte‘s class English novel might seem to be wholly unnecessary (the book has been adapted in various ways at least thirty times), writer and director Andrea Arnold‘s...
View ArticleSundance 2012 Review: Fascinating ‘Queen of Versailles’ Gives Weight and...
Documentary director Lauren Greenfield (Thin) returned to Sundance with another fascinating slice of American life – the winner of this year’s U.S. Directing Award for Documentary features, The Queen...
View ArticleSundance 2012 Review: Learn About Love and Loss with Mark Webber’s Affecting...
It is hard enough to be a single father, but when you are trying to juggle those responsibilities along with pursuing your dream of being an actor, things are made all the more complicated. The End of...
View ArticleExperience Sundance 2012: The Final Countdown
Here’s all you really need to know – after last night’s Closing Night Party, also known as Nerd Prom, your intrepid Lady Rejects caught three hours of sleep before we had to be up, about, and on a...
View ArticleSundance 2012 Review: Fascinating ‘Room 237′ Will Forever Change ‘The...
If you’re the sort of person who loves conspiracy theories, hidden meanings, codes, ciphers, clues, and other mysteries that bear unraveling, then Room 237 is right up your alley. Director Rodney...
View ArticleSundance 2012: Experience the Interactive Storytelling of ‘Bear 71′ With New...
As mentioned in my interview with Franz the Bear, this year’s Sundance Film Festival not only featured films, documentaries, shorts, and memorable performances from established talent (John Hawkes) to...
View ArticleSundance Smash Hit ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Gets a Summer Release Date
There is no question that Benh Zeitlin‘s Beasts of the Southern Wild was the darling of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Before Team Rejects even hit the ground in Park City, the word was out on...
View ArticleGo Back to School With Josh Radnor’s ‘Liberal Arts’ This September
Multi-hyphenate Josh Radnor has had a real nice time at the Sundance Film Festival. His debut film, happythankyoumoreplease, premiered at the festival in 2010, and he just brought his second feature,...
View ArticleReview: Heartfelt and Funny ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ Bonded By Solid Performances
Editor’s note: With Your Sister’s Sister beginning its limited roll-out this week, we thought it best to re-run Robert Levin’s sterling Sundance review of the film, already a Reject favorite. This...
View Article‘Compliance’ Trailer: Strange Things Are Afoot at the Chick-Wich
Buried in my viewing notes from Craig Zobel‘s Sundance premiere, Compliance, is a one-line note from a fellow journalist. Scrawled out, almost angrily, it reads “no one is this stupid!!!” Oh, but they...
View ArticleReview: ‘Red Lights’ Sparkles For Awhile Before Burning Out
Editor’s note: Red Lights hits limited release this Friday, so please take this re-run of our Sundance review (originally posted on January 23, 2012) as a green light to give it a read. Rodrigo Cortés...
View ArticleReview: ’2 Days in New York’ Is a Mostly Fun and Frisky Family Farce
Editor’s note: With 2 Days in New York opening in limited release this Friday, here is a re-run of our review from Sundance, when it was the only film that could perk an exhausted Kate up on Festival...
View ArticleReview: ‘Robot and Frank’ Is Workably Charming, Until It Stalls Out
Editor’s note: With Robot and Frank hitting limited release this week, here is a re-run of our review from Sundance, originally published on January 22, 2012. If Jake Schreier‘s Robot and Frank is too...
View ArticleReview: Controversial ‘Compliance’ Effectively Charts Depths of Human...
Editor’s note: With Sundance’s most controversial film hitting theaters today, here is a re-run of our Compliance review from that festival, originally published on January 25. It seems that there is...
View ArticleReview: ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ Is An Unexpectedly Hilarious and Accomplished...
Editor’s note: Festival favorite Sleepwalk With Me hits limited release this week, so what follows is a re-run of our Sundance review of the film, originally posted on January 27, 2012. Kate loved the...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Words’ Tries To Say A Lot, But Falls Slightly Short
Editor’s note: With The Words hitting theaters today, brush up on our Sundance review of the film, first published on January 26, 2012. Writing is a difficult task whether you have to do it for...
View ArticleReview: Toxic ‘Bachelorette’ Is ‘Bridesmaids’ for People Who Hate Their Friends
Editor’s note: After big success on VOD, Bachelorette hits theaters today, so ready your champagne flutes and raise a glass to our Sundance review of the film, originally published on January 24,...
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