Sundance 2025: Midnight program’s Touch Me is a gratifying romp of campy, dark comedy, fantasy-horror with plenty of psychological and sexual vibes

From Sundance’s Midnight program this year, Touch Me, written and directed by Addison Heimann, is more than a gratifying romp of a campy dark comedy, fantasy-horror story featuring a quartet of overtly sexualized characters. Leveraging the creative reserves of the genre, Heimann wisely employs cinematic liberties to create characters, each toting their own luggage filled … Read more

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2020: 17th annual queer film festival may be virtual but slate packed with 23 international films, 4 shorts programs, special events including drive-in experience

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Utah Review is providing daily coverage of the Utah Film Center’s 17th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival. Follow daily for feature reviews of the 2020 slate during the festival. One of Utah Film Center’s signature centerpieces is moving to a virtual platform this year with its well-established brand of exceptional … Read more