Sundance Film Festival: ‘Passing’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi Passing is a mesmerizing and highly stylized film for Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut. The black-and-white aesthetic combined with such beautiful framing takes you back into an old Hollywood style. Hall brings such richness within the frame, there are interesting choices made from scene to scene, that left me rather impressed with her debut. The story is also incredibly layered as it dives … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Passing’ Review

Sundance Film Festival: ‘Mass’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi Mass is an extremely emotional and harrowing story about the loss of a child. In Fran Kranz’s directorial debut he shows the simplicity in capturing a high tension conversation. Four parents enter a room in a church basement to have a discussion. The discussion was about their children and how they have processed their own grief. Kranz observed each parent – Richard … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Mass’ Review

Sundance Film Festival: ‘In The Earth’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi Ben Wheatley never fails to amaze me. In the Earth was created during the pandemic. It definitely speaks on everyone’s mental state during the pandemic and how we all handled isolation towards the beginning of all of this. What Wheatley does best is plays with the confines of the location he chooses. Whether it’s a hotel, mansion, warehouse or in this case … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘In The Earth’ Review

Sundance Film Festival – ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi As we all know Rita Moreno has always been a national treasure and her spirit is the most beautiful thing about her. Moreno has had such a lengthy career and after watching this deeply personal documentary, you realize just how much she has been through. Director Mariem Pérez Riera created a beautiful piece that focused on who she really was and it … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival – ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’ Review

Sundance Film Festival ‘In The Same Breath’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi In the Same Breath directed by Nanfu Wang, accurately highlights the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wang navigates the spread of the pandemic from Wuhan to the United States and compares both countries. She starts with the rumours that began to spread in early December 2019, that there was a different strand of SARS. Doctors advised those who knew about the strand … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival ‘In The Same Breath’ Review