Sundance 2022: Drama ‘Palm Trees and Power Lines’ Has a Conscience
Drama Palm Trees and Power Lines is a disquieting, powerful, and mature feature debut that explores the formation of trauma and how vulnerability is exploited.
Drama Palm Trees and Power Lines is a disquieting, powerful, and mature feature debut that explores the formation of trauma and how vulnerability is exploited.
Descendant films the stories from the progeny of the slaves of the Clotilda. The result is a testament to the spirit of a community that refuses to disappear.
In Brainwashed, Nina Menkes intersperses film clips and candid interviews to open our eyes to the myopic viewpoint present in our most cherished Hollywood films.
Emergency is an unconventional love story about two friends with divergent views on what it means to be a young Black man in America.
Comedy Brian and Charles, a story about a seven-foot robot that loves cabbage, is a delightful celebration of inventiveness and ingenuity
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s sci-fi-horror Something in the Dirt exists at the intersection of mathematics, philosophy, mysticism, and nicotine.
Defiant, charming, and clearly deluded, Richard Davis of Ramin Bahrani’s documentary, 2nd Chance, never met an accusation he couldn’t dodge.
Writer-director Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone uses a simple horror premise to illuminate weighty themes of motherhood, jealousy, connection, and place.
Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s coming-out Am I OK?, like its heroine, is messy, awkward, and eternally hopeful in the face of despair.
The premise of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande may sound crass but it’s actually an exquisite examination of relationship dynamics through clever wordplay.
Abi Damaris Corbin’s thriller
Mimi Cave’s thriller, Fresh is smart, transgressive, stomach-churning fun that also offers a few sly insights into the modern dating game.