Sundance 2024: A New Kind of Wilderness is pensive, intimate documentary of virtues of pastoral life, sustaining memories of mother’s legacy

Sundance 2024: A New Kind of Wilderness is pensive, intimate documentary of virtues of pastoral life, sustaining memories of mother’s legacy

ByLes RokaJan 23, 2024

There is a persistent pensive tone in the ode to the virtues of pastoral life in A New Kind of Wilderness, a Norwegian documentary directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, which received its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The film won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film opens … Read more

Sundance 2024: From Mexico, Sujo is astounding, brilliantly acted, superbly written narrative feature

Sundance 2024: From Mexico, Sujo is astounding, brilliantly acted, superbly written narrative feature

ByLes RokaJan 22, 20245 min read

Few journalists covering the relentless violence of cartels, narcos and sicarios in Mexico were closer to chronicling the…

Sundance 2024: Scott Cummings’ Realm of Satan makes for aesthetically pleasing, absorbing experiential documentary

Sundance 2024: Scott Cummings’ Realm of Satan makes for aesthetically pleasing, absorbing experiential documentary

ByLes RokaJan 22, 20249 min read

In January 2021, a historic home in Poughkeepsie, New York, which was built in 1900 and used by…

Sundance 2024: Documentaries predominate list on deck for The Utah Review festival coverage

Sundance 2024: Documentaries predominate list on deck for The Utah Review festival coverage

ByLes RokaJan 18, 202412 min read

EDITOR’S NOTE: Part II summarizes the films and programs from Sundance 2024 that are part of The Utah…

Sundance 2024: Milestone anniversaries for Festival (40th), Utah film and television history (100th), Utah Film Commission (50th)

Sundance 2024: Milestone anniversaries for Festival (40th), Utah film and television history (100th), Utah Film Commission (50th)

ByLes RokaJan 17, 202420 min read

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Part I is an overview of the Utah film industry in the current moment. Part II…