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Dive into Lauren Bradshaw’s reviews on all of the films out of the Sundance Film Festival each year!
It's that time of year again! I am back at the Sundance Film Festival in sunny (but cold) Park City, Utah and while I get settled into my condo and wait for the screenings to begin, I wanted to highlight some of the films I am most looking forward to at the Festival this year!… Continue reading Most Anticipated Films At The Sundance Film Festival 2017!
A fellow DC'er, Jeremy Saulnier's new film GREEN ROOM is a triumph in edge of your seat thrills and nail-biting suspense. Building off of the success of his debut film BLUE RUIN, Salunier's latest is even more intense than its predecessor. At the Q&A, Saulnier said he had been offered some bigger scripts after the… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: Green Room
I just saw Paul Dano ride Daniel Radcliffe through the ocean like a jet ski, using Radcliffe's farts as propulsion. That sentence illustrates the absolute absurdity and hilarity of SWISS ARMY MAN, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. This movie is honestly the strangest movie I have ever seen, but also incredibly original and… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: Swiss Army Man
SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN, written and directed by Maggie Greenwald (who adapted the story from a novel of the same name) was a big surprise for me. Mostly because I had no idea that one of my favorite actresses, Margo Martindale, is the co-lead of the film. With such amazing guest appearances on THE… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: Sophie and the Rising Sun
First film at Sundance complete, and what a film it was! OTHER PEOPLE, written and directed by first-timer Chris Kelly received a standing ovation from the opening night crowd. And that’s no surprise; this film was the perfect balance of humor, sentimentality, and emotion. I laughed, I cried, I cheered, and at the end of… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: Other People
So endeth my first experience at the Sundance Film Festival, and already I know I have been bitten with the bug. There is no doubt in my mind that I will go back next year, and probably many years after that. It was basically everything I love: movies, attendees that also love movies, celebrity sightings,… Continue reading What I Learned At Sundance 2015 (Tips, Tricks, Celeb Sightings & The E-Waitlist)
UNEXPECTED, written and directed by Kris Swanberg, was one of my happiest discoveries at Sundance this year. Surprisingly, for such a big part of human life, pregnancy films aren't that common in Hollywood, and when they are featured, they are told more from the male point-of-view (KNOCKED UP, NINE MONTHS, etc.). How ridiculous is that?… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: Unexpected
Writer/director Patrick Brice's racy sex comedy, THE OVERNIGHT, was one of my biggest surprise comedies of Sundance. Thanks to a fantastic cast and completely unpredictable screenplay, the film was as entertaining as it was shocking. I mean, what other film at Sundance gave us a dueling penis dance scene? I was initially drawn to THE… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: The Overnight
Z FOR ZACHARIAH was my most anticipated film at Sundance! I loved the book as a kid, and it stars one of my biggest crushes, Chris Pine, and one of my favorite actresses, Margot Robbie! However due to its fantastic early buzz, and the fact that Lionsgate already picked it up, the film has been… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: Z For Zachariah
Let's get this out of the way, although it stars comedienne Sarah Silverman, I SMILE BACK is not a lighthearted comedy. It's not even a dark comedy. This is pretty much as dramatic as movies come. But that should not keep you from seeing the movie. Like REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, this film is one of the… Continue reading Sundance Movie Review: I Smile Back