SUNDANCE 2023 ROUND-UP
Find all of Alex's coverage in one place; initial reactions for all the films he watched plus links to his extended reviews.
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Tresca Mallon
- 1 day ago
REVIEW | BLUE JEAN
This isn’t a love story, it's a story of self-acceptance. The final scenes of queer joy prove there is hope; you have a place in this world.
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John McDonald
- 3 days ago
REVIEW | YOU PEOPLE
A Netflix comedy that is a little too obvious and massively cliched while failing with its aim of being a “clever take” on social commentary
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Jack Ransom
- 4 days ago
REVIEW | PLANE
Switch your brain off, jump into the cockpit and embrace the loud shooty bang bang and bone snapping fisticuffs.
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Alex Gilston
- 4 days ago
REVIEW | RYE LANE
If Rye Lane is any kind of indicator to the level of British cinema we’re going to be getting this year, then it’s going to be cracking.
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Alex Gilston
- 5 days ago
REVIEW | THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER
With The Accidental Getaway Driver, we come for the high stakes hostage thriller, but in the end we stay for this intriguing relationship.
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Alex Gilston
- 7 days ago
REVIEW | ONYX THE FORTUITOUS AND THE TALISMAN OF SOULS
Onyx has his fans and you can’t scratch the feeling that’s who this is ultimately made for, a lot of whom backed the project.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 28
REVIEW | A THOUSAND AND ONE
A Thousand and One is beautifully written and impeccably acted. A.V. Rockwell proves that she is one to watch going forward.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 25
REVIEW | EILEEN
If the ending embraced the craziness of the final act as both McKenzie and Hathaway did then it had the makings of being more satisfying.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 23
REVIEW | ALIENS ABDUCTED MY PARENTS AND NOW I FEEL KINDA LEFT OUT
Aliens Abducted My Parents isn’t the be-all and end-all of filmmaking but the story at its heart is enough to warm the coldest of hearts.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 23
REVIEW | FAIR PLAY
A dazzling look into how quickly a man can resort to the nuclear option when the world doesn't serve him in exactly the way he wants it to.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 22
REVIEW | THE POD GENERATION
The Pod Generation propels us into a future where our dependence on technology has reached its way to having children.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 22
REVIEW | SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
Sometimes I Think About Dying's realism with a dash of whimsy means that it’d be easy to get lost in this world watching life go by for...
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Jack Ransom
- Jan 17
REVIEW | TÁR
A slow-burn behemoth of a feature that unravels meticulously over the course of its 158 minute runtime.
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Elliot Lines
- Jan 15
REVIEW | THE OLD WAY
The Old Way doesn't quite offer anything new to a Western genre, but is watchable and mildly entertaining nonetheless.
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Alex Gilston
- Jan 13
REVIEW | EMPIRE OF LIGHT
Empire of Light might not be the life-changing experience that it promises to be. But it still offers an escape that any film can only hope
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Niamh Brook
- Jan 12
REVIEW | A MAN CALLED OTTO
Get on down to your local cinema and spend two hours with Otto Anderson and his cat, I promise you you won’t regret it.
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Jack Ransom
- Jan 11
REVIEW | M3GAN
M3GAN is a sharp, fast paced jolt of sci-fi horror with lashings of comedy, however it may not reinvent the wheel in terms of its story.
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Becca Johnson
- Jan 11
REVIEW | THE PALE BLUE EYE
Beautifully shot and competently acted, The Pale Blue Eye is worth a watch from the comfort of your own home.
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Jack Ransom
- Jan 10
REVIEW | TILL
A powerhouse lead performance, an important topic of conversation and strong direction certainly make Till worth a viewing.
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