ReviewsSundance 2020 Review: Edson Oda’s “Nine Days” Offers a Rare and Special Time to ReflectBuilt around strong performances from Winston Duke and Zazie Beetz, this drama considering the world we’re born into is a wonder to behold...byStephen SaitoFeb 2, 2020
InterviewsInterview: Vincent Grashaw on the Bully Pulpit of “And Then I Go”The director talks about creating a nuanced portrait of young friends growing apart and the roots of school violence in this fine drama star...byStephen SaitoApr 17, 2018
ReviewsSXSW ’18 Review: A Cold War is Illuminated with Great Warmth in Megan Griffiths’ Captivating “Sadie”A soldier's ongoing deployment overseas leads to an ever-widening distance between the wife and daughter he leaves back home in this compell...byStephen SaitoMar 26, 2018
InterviewsInterview: Jody Lambert on Close Encounters of the Fun Kind in “Brave New Jersey”The director talks about finding the human comedy in an alien invsaion that wasn't in imagining a small town's reaction to Orson Welles' fam...byStephen SaitoJul 31, 2017
L.A. Film FestL.A. Film Fest ’17 Review: Vincent Grashaw Powerfully Opens Up a Conversation on School Violence with “And Then I Go”The director's follow-up to "Coldwater," based on Jim Shepard's novel "Project X," is an unflinching look at what drives a middle-schooler t...byStephen SaitoJun 19, 2017
Austin Film FestivalAustin Film Fest ’16 Review: An Alien Encounter Brings Out a Lively Human Comedy in “Brave New Jersey”Jody Lambert's sweet directorial debut imagines the panic that swept up a sleepy town when Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast sugge...byStephen SaitoOct 16, 2016
ReviewsSXSW ’15 Review: Charles Hood’s “Night Owls” is a HootRosa Salazar and Adam Pally bring a prickly, perfect chemistry to this up all night comedy from director Charles Hood.byStephen SaitoMar 22, 2015