One of the best parts of attending Sundance, or any film festival, is discovering movies that weren’t even on my radar. I stumbled across Landscape with Invisible Hand during some downtime at the end of the festival, and now I’m grateful I didn’t miss out on one of my favourite discoveries at Sundance. Writer-director Cory …
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SUNDANCE 2023 REVIEW: Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out Ten years ago, a flying saucer descended from the sky to abduct Calvin’s (Jacob Buster) parents. At least, that’s the way 17-year-old Calvin remembers things. Since then, he’s dedicated his life to tracking down his abducted parents. He spends his days …
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After ten days and two dozen movies, Sundance 2022 is a wrap for me. On Sunday evening, That Shelf’s film critics joined up for a post-festival roundtable. Our 90-minute touches on what it’s like covering a virtual festival, Sundance’s knockout documentary line-up, as well as the films that blew us away (or broke our brains). …
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When You Finish Saving the World Quicktake: Well-written, Funny, Great Performances What should we make of people who do the right thing for the wrong reasons? Would their karmic score be net positive or negative in the universe’s grand scheme? Life is messy and complicated, and sometimes good people do bad things. And as we …
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Emergency Quicktake: Pensive, Charming & Surprisingly Intense Sean (RJ Cyler) and Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) are two best friends and college roommates about to have the night of their lives. It’s the start of spring break, and the duo has planned a legendary seven-stop frat party crawl. But circumstances derail their night before the party …
