Sundance
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‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Explores Race in Stunning Directorial Debut
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play characters who can pass for white, and the drama digs into the roots of their masquerade
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‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Grimaces and Bears It Through Baffling Genre Mishmash
Working in English for the first time, Japanese auteur Sion Sono’s greatness gets lost in the translation
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‘The Nowhere Inn’ Film Review: St. Vincent Meta-Documentary Becomes Tedious and Trite
Annie “St. Vincent” Clark and Carrie Brownstein play “themselves” in a concert film that isn’t a concert film, but isn’t much else, either
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‘The Night House’ Star Rebecca Hall and Director David Bruckner Break Down Thriller’s ‘Labyrinthine’ Plot (Video)
“That was a lot of plates to keep spinning,” Bruckner tells TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven
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‘CODA’ Film Review: A Heartfelt Crowd-Pleaser About a Deaf Family With a Hearing Daughter
Sian Heder’s film, which set a Sundance sales record, is modest but thoroughly satisfying, corny but effective, never edgy and always likable
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‘Ailey’ Film Review: Enigmatic Dance Legend Gets His Due
Jamila Wignot’s portrait of the incomparable Alvin Ailey honors the work but remains mystified by the man
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‘Whirlybird’ Film Review: Family Breakup Makes Most Impact in Journalism Doc
The evolution of L.A.-based news pales in comparison to the personal story in Matt Yoka’s documentary
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‘Playing With Sharks’ Film Review: Valerie Taylor Champions the Ocean’s Most Misunderstood Denizens
Once a consultant and photographer on “Jaws,” conservationist Taylor champions sharks after decades of bad P.R.
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‘How It Ends’ Film Review: It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and You’ll Feel Fine
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones’ comedy is like Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” but without all the, um, melancholia
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‘Summertime’ Film Review: Spoken-Word Saga Offers a Vibrant Tour of the Real LA
Carlos López Estrada (“Blindspotting”) returns with a poetry slam that’s a feast for the senses
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Questlove Was Stunned by the 50-Year-Old Hidden Footage That Inspired ‘Summer of Soul’ (Video)
“I’d like to think of myself as somewhere between a savant and a sage of music history, how come I never heard of this thing?” Questlove tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond
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‘Summer of Soul’ Film Review: Questlove’s Vibrant Concert Film Captures a Pivotal Harlem Moment
The documentary finds politics and music inextricably linked, with culture flowing from the church to the street to the concert stage
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‘The Sparks Brothers’ Film Review: Edgar Wright Makes Playful Documentary About Elusive Band Sparks
Wright tackles the idiosyncratic, influential band without ever giving away too much or losing an air of mystery
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‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’ Film Review: Documentary Honors a Showbiz Legend
From Puerto Rican roots to Hollywood stardom, Moreno strived, survived and achieved goddess status
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‘Blast Beat’ Film Review: Debut Feature Captures the Messy, Imperfect, Sometimes Empowering Immigrant Experience
Colombian filmmaker Esteban Arango benefits from the casting of real-life brothers as siblings in rivalry
