The new Netflix thriller “The Weekend Away” opens with a clever contrast. The first shot is the corpse of a woman, face down in a dark ocean, then it cuts to the sunny and beautiful oceanside Croatian landscape. This sets the paradox of the impending darkness that will soon bear down on a reunion between two best friends.

Unfortunately, this is the most interesting thing on offer with this new film.

The dreamlike aura that surrounds the new film “The Other Me” is no surprise, considering the work is executive-produced by David Lynch and directed by a filmmaker whose previous short films have mostly been crafted with a sense of the unusual.

Director Giga Agladze does indeed have a working relationship with the surreal filmmaker, as the two co-founded the David

Steven Soderbergh is continually one of our most adventurous filmmakers, he’s an artist who takes chances and one who is consistent in taking on projects that are far removed from his last ones. “KIMI” is the director’s latest, he continues his streak of interesting work.

An extraordinary Zoe Kravitz stars as Angela Childs, she works for a tech company that makes KIMI, a version of our own Alexa. 

Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” could very well be labeled a rom-com but do not expect the type of film that moniker suggests. This is one with relatable romantic situations, great characters and exuberance.

Julie (Norway’s Renate Reinsve) is somewhere in her twenties where love life and career are in constant flux.

(this article closes our 2022 coverage of the 2022 Sundance Festival) This has been a very good year for films at the Sundance Film Festival for works by actors or actresses who have changed my opinion on their abilities. With the smart satire “When You’re Finished Saving the World,” actor Jesse Eisenberg has found his true calling, as writer and director.

The film’s excellent title attests to

Another year of fantastic films at the Sundance Film Festival is under our cinematic belts. On Friday, Sundance revealed their award winners for the 2022 festival. Once again (due to the rise in Omicron cases in the U.S.) the ceremony was handled virtually on Twitter.

Festival Director Tabitha Jackson said in her statement on Friday, “This year’s Festival expressed a powerful convergence

W. Kamau Bell is one of the smartest and funniest comedians working today and an important voice for social justice. His views on America are sharp and pointed and relevant. A three-time Emmy winner for his excellent CNN series “The United Shades of America”, Bell now directs the powerful think-piece miniseries, “We Need to Talk About Cosby.”

Bill Cosby is many things, and his life