Lydia SmithFeb 1, 20213 minSundance 2021: 'Try Harder!' Erudition, Ethnicity, and ExpectancyOn the surface, this is one of the funnier and more diverting entries of Sundance 2021. A documentary about a top American public school...
Lydia SmithJan 31, 20213 minSundance 2021: 'Prime Time' Opts for Low ProfileWhat I chose to take away from Prime Time, rather than seeing it as a failed nail-biter, was a notion of media demonization.
Lydia SmithJan 31, 20213 minSundance 2021: 'One for the Road', and Maybe a Couple for the Film, TooNattawut Poonpiriya’s 4 years late follow-up to Bad Genius screams “epic” potential. A classic road trip set-up, a stacked cast (the...
Lydia SmithJan 30, 20212 minSundance 2021: The Leisurely Lure of 'Luzzu'Sometimes going by the books is necessary to cover all the bases. The tale of a fisherman caught between providing a stable home for his...