Fantasia Fest Journal: Paradise Hills
Alice Waddington’s directorial debut Paradise Hills is an ambitious but messy near-future dystopia tale that feels like a watered-down Hunger Games or a middling piece of episodic television.
Alice Waddington’s directorial debut Paradise Hills is an ambitious but messy near-future dystopia tale that feels like a watered-down Hunger Games or a middling piece of episodic television.
When it comes down to it, Dumplin’ doesn’t do anything we haven’t seen before. It’s a tale of self-acceptance and growing up through the framework of competition and community. However, it still manages to ...
At first glance, ‘Patti Cake$’ appears to be the sort of over-stylized and sentimentalized dramedy that gives Sundance a bad name. At second glance, it actually gives that overdone genre a good name. The film is a warm...