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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – One for the Road

When Bong Joon Ho won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film last year for Parasite, he said, “”Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” I love this sentiment.  As a teenager, I was lucky to have a mother willing to take me […]

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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #56 (April 7, 2021)

The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Thoughts on Monster Universe Rewatch before Godzilla vs Kong I did a rewatch of Godzilla 2014, Kong: Skull Island, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters in preparation for the release of Godzilla vs King Kong […]

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Sundance Film Festival Movie Review – Marvelous and the Black Hole

What were you like at thirteen?  This film may bring back some of the pain and frustration of your earlier years.  Yet it’s a fun, uplifting watch.  Perhaps this year’s Peanut Butter Falcon. Miya Cech plays Sammy, a teenager living with her father and sister and coping with her mother’s death.  When she’s forced to […]

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Sundance Festival Movie Review – Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presented his anticipated directorial debut on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival.  The movie documents the Harlem Cultural Festival that took place over six weekends in the summer of 1969.  This was the same summer as Woodstock. The Harlem Cultural Festival featured performances that were just as amazing and significant.  The […]

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Sundance Festival Movie Review – R#J

I’ve taken a vacation from Facebook.  Which makes it ironic that one of my favorite films from this year’s Sundance festival is drenched in social media.  The classic story of Romeo and Juliet is told through text messages, Spotify playlists, FaceTime conversations, YouTube videos, search engine results, Facebook DM’s, and Instagram stories. It seems like […]

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Sundance Festival Movie Review – CODA

What would you do if you had to choose between taking care of your parents and taking care of yourself, between going after your own dreams or keeping the family business alive?  This is the dilemma faced by the protagonist of CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). [Editor’s note: not an uncommon situation these days.] CODA […]

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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #52 (March 10, 2021)

The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. The Sundance Film Festival 2021 Online Experience  This year, I finally got my chance to attend Sundance, albeit online. How did it work and was the experience worth it? Here’s what the online film festival […]

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What I Saw During the 2021 Sundance Film Festival

I recently got to attend the 2021 Sundance Film Festival online.  It was a wonderful experience.  I got to see an array of unique films. and discover some new favorites.  While I’ll be posting reviews of my favorite films from the festival, it would be impossible to review everything I experienced.  Here, though, is a […]

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Sundance 2021 Festival Movie Review – On the Count of Three

My Favorite Movie at Sundance This was my favorite movie at Sundance this year.  It has a dark premise and comes with a major trigger warning. (Seriously, if you’re thinking of harming yourself please use the crisis text line instead of seeing this film, or even reading the rest of this review).  But I found […]

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The Sundance Film Festival 2021 Online Experience

I’ve always dreamed of going to the Sundance Film Festival.  This year, I got my chance.  With the pandemic making live movie screenings impossible, the programmers turned Sundance from a ten day in-person festival to a six day online festival.  How did it work and was the experience worth it? Read on to find out. […]

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