Sundance
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‘Framing Agnes’ Review: Trans Artists and Academics Bring History into the Present
Director Chase Joynt (“No Ordinary Man”) uses vintage gender-study interviews as a prism through which to view modern transgender lives
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‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani Profiles a Bulletproof-Vest Entrepreneur
In this documentary, the filmmaker tries to publish the truth, not the legend, of inventor Richard Davis
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‘Call Jane’ Review: Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver Shine as Underground Abortionists
This historical drama combines compassion, urgency and wit as it examines women helping women in the not-so-distant bad old days
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‘Last Flight Home’ Review: Ondi Timoner’s Beautiful Tribute to Her Father Documents His Last Days
The veteran doc director celebrates her dad’s life as she tracks his chosen path to his own demise
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‘The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales’ Review: Disney’s Magic Kingdom Takes a Hit in Sobering Documentary
Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Roy O. Disney and grandniece of Walt, uses her family company as a case study in corporate heartlessness
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‘Nothing Compares’ Review: Heartbreaking Sinead O’Connor Documentary Is Sadly Timely
Kathryn Ferguson paints a strong portrait of O’Connor’s initial rise and fall, but leaves out her long, curious second act
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‘Dos Estaciones’ Review: Gorgeously Moody Drama Captures the Struggles of a Tequila Rancher
Juan Pablo González’s atmospheric narrative mixes story, performance and real life to portray a Mexico changed by the modern economy
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‘God’s Country’ Film Review: Thandiwe Newton Shines Even as the Landscape Gets Shaky
Newton plays a Montana college professor, an outsider at work and in her home, who battles hunters trespassing on her property
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‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ Film Review: Regina Hall Elevates Satirical Evangelical Mockumentary
The targets of writer-director Adamma Ebo’s comedy aren’t always clear, but Hall’s performance consistently hits the bullseye
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‘Breaking’ Film Review: Powerful Performances Outshine Dramatization of True-Life Tragedy
Whatever its narrative shortcomings, Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature debut spotlights a stellar ensemble, including John Boyega and the late Michael Kenneth Williams
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‘Resurrection’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Keeps a Firm Grasp on Unsettling Familial Horror
Writer-director Andrew Semans’ script takes a big narrative swing, but Hall, Tim Roth and Grace Kaufman make it all seem believable
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‘Sharp Stick’ Film Review: Lena Dunham’s First Feature in a Decade Feels Overly Familiar
She’s left New York City behind for Malibu, but the writer-director seems to be stuck in her comfort zone
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‘A Love Song’ Film Review: Dale Dickey Delivers a Career-Best Performance in Transcendent Love Story
Dickey and Wes Studi bloom in the desert as widowed old friends tentatively seeking connection in Max Walker-Silverman’s impressive debut
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‘My Old School’ Film Review: Scottish High-School Documentary Is Enjoyably Odd – for a While
Inventive filmmaking and some impressive lip syncing from Alan Cumming isn’t enough to overcome a story that wears thin
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‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Film Review: Emma Thompson Shines as a Widow Seeking Intimacy
Director Sophie Hyde keeps this mostly-two-hander between Thompson and Daryl McCormack from feeling too stage-bound
