Sundance London 2019 Archives

★★★★, documentary, Reviews, Sundance London 2019, USAAugust 21, 2020

The Brink (2019) – ON DEMAND

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Alison Klayman’s The Brink is a must-see documentary following dangerous eminence grise Steve Bannon over the crucial period of the US midterms and the EU elections.

★★★, comedy, Female Filmmakers, Raindance Film Festival, Sundance, Sundance London 2019, USANovember 18, 2019

Greener Grass (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Satirical comedy Greener Grass by, and co-starring Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe, is Stepford Wives on acid.

★★★, Drama, Reviews, Sundance London 2019, USANovember 1, 2019

After the Wedding (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
In After the Wedding Bart Freundlich piles unlikely event on unlikely event on Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams in a weepie melodrama that reaches emotional overload.

★★★★, Black filmmakers, Reviews, Sundance, Sundance London 2019, UKSeptember 23, 2019

The Last Tree (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree powerfully focuses on the crisis in black masculinity through the story of a Nigerian-heritage boy growing up in Britain.

★★★★, Female Filmmakers, Reviews, Sundance London 2019, USASeptember 16, 2019

The Farewell (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Farewell is a family comedy drama by Lulu Wang, starring Awkwafina as a young woman caught between the cultures of East and West through her love for her grandmother.

★★★★, comedy, Sundance London 2019, USAMay 30, 2019

Late Night (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Late Night is a funny, clever crowd-pleaser starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling that zings with laugh-out-loud one-liners – it’s directed by Nisha Ganatra of Transparent.

★★★★, Black filmmakers, Reviews, Sundance London 2019, UKMay 30, 2019

Sundance London: The Last Tree (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree, like Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, powerfully focuses on the crisis in black masculinity, this time though the three-part story of a Nigerian boy growing up in Britain.

★★★, Reviews, Sundance London 2019, USAMay 30, 2019

Sundance London: After the Wedding (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
In After the Wedding Bart Freundlich piles unlikely event on unlikely event on Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams in a weepie melodrama that reaches emotional overload.

★★★, comedy, horror, Reviews, Sundance London 2019, USAMay 28, 2019

Sundance London: Corporate Animals (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
In Corporate Animals directed by Patrick Brice and written by Peep Show‘s Sam Bain, a team-building exercise in New Mexico for an edible cutlery company goes horribly and comically wrong.

★★★★, festivals, Sundance London 2019, USAMay 28, 2019

Sundance London: The Farewell (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Farewell is a family comedy drama by Lulu Wang, starring Awkwafina as a young woman caught between the cultures of East and West through her love for her grandmother.

★★★★, biopic, documentary, Sundance London 2019, USAMay 28, 2019

Sundance London: The Brink (2019)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Brink by Alison Klayman is a must-see documentary following dangerous eminence grise Steve Bannon over the crucial period of the US midterms and the EU elections.