Mistakes become monstrous in Vigalondo's alcohol drama.
Sundance
Scott Nye
Scott Reviews David Lowery’s A Ghost Story [Sundance 2017]
Possibly a masterpiece; definitely a rich, lovely, moving film.
Scott Reviews François Ozon’s Frantz [Sundance 2017]
Ozon finds commonalities with Lubitsch in his remake.
Scott Reviews Dustin Guy Defa’s Person to Person [Sundance 2017]
Defa's sophomore feature is rich with humanity, humor, and worn-down shops.
Scott Reviews Dee Rees’ Mudbound [Sundance 2017]
The thrilling adaptation confronts race relations in a time of supposed victory.
Scott Reviews Alex Ross Perry’s Golden Exits [Sundace 2017]
Alex Ross Perry regains his voice, but loses his vitality.
Scott Reviews Kyoko Miyake’s Tokyo Idols [Sundance 2017]
Miyake's second feature doc offers few comforts, fewer conclusions, and endless fascination in exploring the obsessive culture.
Scott Reviews Michal Marczak’s All These Sleepless Nights [Sundance 2016]
The party scene documentary plays like a narrative without a plot.
Scott Reviews Ira Sachs’ Little Men [Sundance 2016]
A tale of gentrification takes a remarkably generous, human viewpoint.
Scott Reviews Joshua Marston’s Complete Unknown [Sundance 2016]
If only they'd left their story more unknown.
Scott Reviews So Yong Kim’s Lovesong [Sundace 2016]
A delicate, generous, heartbreaker of a romance.
Scott Reviews Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship [Sundance 2016]
The result of Stillman adapting Jane Austen proves just as delicious as it sounds.
Scott Reviews Ana Katz’s My Friend From the Park [Sundance 2016]
Katz intelligently, empathetically explores the fears that haunt a new parent.
Scott Reviews Robert Greene’s Kate Plays Christine [Sundance 2016]
Greene and Kate Lyn Sheil's film explores the boundaries of documentary film, and of performance.
Scott Reviews Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea [Sundance 2016]
Lonergan delivers another wrenching story about coping with tragedy.