Logan Lerman
While these three Sundance movies are narratively different, their female focus leaves this trio, all by female directors, a fantastic assembly of our talent in today’s industry.
The movie itself may not linger in the minds of viewers, but Moss’ performance almost certainly will.
Shirley, as a story, can be unpacked in layers and layers and layers. It’s elegantly built and complex in its structure.
After being widowed, a man reluctantly embarks on a journey to honor his wife’s last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and takes along his estranged son, Sean.
In Shirley, a famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
We look back at David Ayer’s 2014 war film Fury, and the deeper themes of anger mixed with sadness expressed throughout.
Well-acted, and relentlessly brutal, Hunters has the ability to garner more attention but falls short from being memorable.
In her second report Kristy Strouse reviews Josephine Decker’s Shirley and Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank.
There are those that may find Sgt. Stubby a little too twee for their tastes and it may not appeal to those who are not won over by doggy antics, but for those that are susceptible to a four legged friend, you will find Stubby a real heart-warmer.
Despite some promising moments, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall never quite reaches the level of its ambition, ultimately fading in the background amongst more prominent films about the art of writing.
David Ayer’s Fury is the story of an American tank unit led by “Wardaddy” (Brad Pitt) near the end of the European Theatre in World War II. Ayer is still best known for writing 2001’s Training Day, but after he made the surprisingly acclaimed End of Watch, he has been given the chance to direct a full-blown war film. Ayer’s hyper-masculine style is one that could be to the detriment of a war film that is trying to stay grounded in reality, but he is able to dial back his tendencies enough to keep it from being a glorification of violence.