Sundance highlighted pressing environmental problems with its commendable but flawed New Climate program.
Essays
Breaking boundaries in Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women
Alex Heeney talks to writer-director Kelly Reichardt about Certain Women, a story of breaching personal boundaries told through breaking cinematic ones.
Review: A portrait of a poet in Paterson
In Paterson, Adam Driver lives an idealized version of life as a bus driving poet where everything is calm and serene.
Review: Marjorie Prime is a failed stage-to-screen adaptation
Michael Almereyda’s screen adaptation of the play Marjorie Prime never sheds its theatrical origins and fails to find new insights as a film.
Review: Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto is witty and thought-provoking
Cate Blanchett x13 stars in Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto, a hilarious deconstruction of art manifestos and a call for original thought.
Protecting the land: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman and RISE
Two documentaries screening in Sundance’s New Climate program — Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman and RISE — shed light on projects to protect land in the U.S. and the lasting effects of colonialism.