Sundance 2024: University of Utah film among select short documentaries; Midnight Program a feast of horror, dark comedy, psychological thrillers

Sundance 2024: University of Utah film among select short documentaries; Midnight Program a feast of horror, dark comedy, psychological thrillers

ByLes RokaJan 28, 2024

This year’s Sundance Film Festival slate of 53 short films included a solid selection of nonfiction and narrative stories, in the documentary and Midnight program categories. The bar for juried selection was pitched higher than ever before, given the record number of 12,098 submissions for consideration. One of the nonfiction shorts came from Utah: dêtetsi … Read more

Sundance 2024: Devo documentary gives proper due to one of pop music’s most astute groups of social, cultural intelligence

Sundance 2024: Devo documentary gives proper due to one of pop music’s most astute groups of social, cultural intelligence

ByLes RokaJan 27, 20245 min read

In the excellent documentary Devo, directed by Chris Smith and the first such project which band members authorized,…

Sundance 2024: Ondi Timoner’s DIG! XX refreshes a cult classic that raises its historical value as a rock music documentary

Sundance 2024: Ondi Timoner’s DIG! XX refreshes a cult classic that raises its historical value as a rock music documentary

ByLes RokaJan 26, 20246 min read

Fifty, seventy and a hundred years from now, musicians and students of rock history will be studying and…

Sundance 2024: Gaucho Gaucho is majestic, magnificent documentary portrait of Argentinian cowboys, cowgirls as stewards of tradition that defies modern society

Sundance 2024: Gaucho Gaucho is majestic, magnificent documentary portrait of Argentinian cowboys, cowgirls as stewards of tradition that defies modern society

ByLes RokaJan 26, 20248 min read

With the three documentaries that filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw have brought to Sundance in the last…

Sundance 2024: Frida is sumptuous tribute to Kahlo, highlighting her durable status as a major cultural icon

Sundance 2024: Frida is sumptuous tribute to Kahlo, highlighting her durable status as a major cultural icon

ByLes RokaJan 25, 20245 min read

Seventy years after her death at the age of 47, Frida Kahlo remains as popular as ever in…