In “Superior,” Marian (Alessandra Mesa) turns to her estranged identical twin sister, Vivian (Ani Mesa), for refuge. The pair must learn to navigate their new proximity to one another while...
By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor
• February 1, 2021
Award-winning director Pedro Kos releases his second Sundance film "Rebel Hearts" at this year’s 2021 festival. This documentary tells the story of a group of Roman Catholic nuns living in...
By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor
• January 31, 2021
Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and featuring apocalyptic and nihilistic optimism, “How it Ends” seeks to answer the question, “How should you spend the last day on earth?”
On...
“Dying isn’t simple, is it?” asks Grace (Constance Wu) constantly throughout this story. The question sticks to Masao (Steve Iwamoto) as his impending death forces him to confront complicated...
By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor
• January 30, 2021
Director and biologist Alexis Gambis’ award-winning film “Son of Monarchs” made its international premiere on Jan. 29, the second day of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
This semi-fictional...
By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor
• January 30, 2021
“Strawberry Mansion” is set in a not-too-distant future wherein dreams are recorded and taxed. Arabella “Bella” Isadora (Penny Fuller) is an eccentric old lady who lives in a strawberry-colored...
By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor
• January 29, 2021
On Jan. 28, the first day of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson made his directorial debut with “Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).”
In...
As COVID-19 vaccines start to roll out, a new year begins and the Earth spins closer and closer to spring, we have cause for optimism. But the nights are still long — unemployment and homelessness...
Reality hasn’t been so great lately.
When the pandemic took hold in early March, we were all knocked off our feet. I was reeling from a breakup just a few days before — perfect timing...
Now that October has come to a close and businesses are beginning their gradual restocking of Christmas decorations, you may look back on the past month with the yearning to have done more. You...
