A look at four of the documentaries of #SXSW – and what they tell us about current trends in non-fiction film.

The first virtual Sundance has drawn to a close, but we've got 15 more mini-reviews from this year's line-up.

A quick look at some of the odder titles of #Sundance2021, including “R#J,” “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” and “Cryptozoo.”

Jerrod Carmichael’s feature directorial debut walks a tightrope of comedy and tragedy, and somehow makes it to the other side.

Ben Wheatley’s latest is a compelling combination of pandemic thriller and folk/eco-horror.

Our mini-reviews of five family-ccentric titles at Sundance, including ‘Coda,’ ‘John and the Hole,’ and ‘Marvelous and the Black Hole.’

Prano Bailey-Bond’s debut feature is part meticulous recreation of the "Video Nasties" era, part intense psychological drama.

A look at the inaugural edition of the virtual genre film festival, featuring mini-reviews of ‘Anything But Jackson,’ ‘Come True,’ ‘The Queen of Black Magic,’ and more.

As an outside-the-box New York Film Festival draws to a close, some thoughts on its highlights, including ‘Nomadland,’ ‘On the Rocks,’ ‘French Exit,’ ‘MLK/FBI,’ ‘I Carry You With Me,’ ‘Hopper/Welles,’ and more.

A very unusual dispatch from a very unusual Toronto International Film Festival.

The True/False documentary film festival is like Disneyland for non-fiction filmmaking. For one weekend every year, the small college town of Columbia, Missouri becomes a magical place where anything is possible. Renowned filmmakers rub elbows with college students, bartenders and farmers. High...

After approximately 77 days of hyperventilating Twitter reaction reviews and 76 days of people complaining about hyperventilating Twitter reaction reviews, the 2020 Sundance Film Festival has drawn to a close. You, the Crooked Marquee reader, are of course well-versed in the festival’s...

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At this point, the “Help, I’m trapped in a time loop!” premise has become a Hollywood staple — don’t forget that we have not one, but two Happy Death Day movies out there to enjoy. The concept has become prevalent for good reason, as it presents an easy-to-understand structure combined...

Kajillionaire is writer-director Miranda July’s first feature film in nine years, and while it’s set in the present day, you’d be forgiven for thinking the movie is a lost film from over 20 years ago. So much of the ‘90s indie film aesthetic can be seen here: Characters are dressed mostly...