Sundance 2021: New Frontier’s Weirdo Night is spicy, bracing, delightfully naughty underground experience

Sundance 2021: New Frontier’s Weirdo Night is spicy, bracing, delightfully naughty underground experience

ByLes RokaFeb 2, 2021

No Sundance experience should ever go without visiting the festival’s New Frontier programming. One of the best options is Weirdo Night, a filmed version of a popular underground show that has attracted a solid following in Los Angeles. The 42-minute episode, which was filmed last summer and was discovered online by a Sundance programmer, is … Read more

Sundance 2021: Dramatic narrative Passing exquisitely crafted interpretation of Nella Larsen’s Harlem Renaissance period novella

Sundance 2021: Dramatic narrative Passing exquisitely crafted interpretation of Nella Larsen’s Harlem Renaissance period novella

ByLes RokaFeb 1, 20216 min read

When Passing was published in 1929, Nella Larsen’s literary career was on the cusp of greater visibility. She…

Sundance 2021: Try Harder! is warm, personable, witty documentary about high achieving Gen Zers hoping to be admitted to nation’s most elite universities

Sundance 2021: Try Harder! is warm, personable, witty documentary about high achieving Gen Zers hoping to be admitted to nation’s most elite universities

ByLes RokaFeb 1, 20219 min read

Just a quick glimpse of Lowell High School in San Francisco, the oldest public high school west of…

Sundance 2021: Ailey is elegant documentary of legacy highlighting one of the greatest American choreographers of the 20th century

Sundance 2021: Ailey is elegant documentary of legacy highlighting one of the greatest American choreographers of the 20th century

ByLes RokaJan 31, 20216 min read

In the U.S., the art of dance has been a revolutionary art form. Dance artists and choreographers have…

Sundance 2021: The indomitable spirit of Rebel Hearts documentary becomes quintessential chronicle of American feminism, social conscience, genuine faith

Sundance 2021: The indomitable spirit of Rebel Hearts documentary becomes quintessential chronicle of American feminism, social conscience, genuine faith

ByLes RokaJan 30, 20218 min read

In 1965, as the last sessions of Vatican II concluded in Rome, the number of Catholic nuns in…