Andrew Bundy, Author at The Playlist

2022 SXSW Film Festival: 15 Must-See Film & TV Projects

March 8, 2022 1:33 pm

After being the first major film festival hit by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic—the unfortunate timing couldn't have been worse, March 2020 as the virus first started causing lockdowns around the U.S. — and having...

Kogonada Talks His Gorgeous New Sci-Fi Film ‘After Yang’: “If We Break Human Beings Open, They Contain Galaxies” [Interview]

Andrew Bundy

March 1, 2022 11:39 am

Interviews, News

“Whenever a human remembers something, it changes every time.” This is not so for Yang, the robot caretaker played by Justin H. Min in video-essayist-turned-filmmaker Kogonada’s sophomore feature, “After Yang....

Joachim Trier Talks The Inspiration For ‘The Worst Person In The World,’ His Love Of Graphic Novels & More [Interview]

Andrew Bundy

February 2, 2022 1:22 pm

Interviews, News

“It’s a tough thing; making movies. And to talk to people who appreciate them means a lot.” Director Joachim Trier has an undeniably infectious energy, housing a clear love for the history of cinema and storyt...

‘After Yang’: Kogonada Talks Love, Memories & The “Profound Sense Of Time” [Sundance]

Andrew Bundy

January 26, 2022 3:49 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

“If we break any human being open, they contain worlds; they contain galaxies, and we’re often not as curious or interested in the people all around us.” Video essayist turned filmmaker Kogonada’s remarkable f...

‘Meet Me In The Bathroom’ Review: NYC 2000s Rock Rebirth Doc Is Too By The Numbers [Sundance]

Andrew Bundy

January 24, 2022 4:56 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Bookended by a near-identical juxtaposition of sound and fury, directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace's "Meet Me in the Bathroom" starts and ends like a messy, wannabe Jules Dassin cityscape film seen thro...

‘Every Day In Kaimukī’ Review: Moody Shoegaze Vibes Still Feel A Little Undercooked [Sundance]

Andrew Bundy

January 24, 2022 3:58 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

“I’d rather have one person dance in my car than have 100 people with the song on in the background” late-night radio DJ, Naz (Naz Kawakami), tells his friend. The young man hosts a show called “Night Drive,” ...

‘God’s Country’ Review: A Terse, Tense & Tenderly Realist Neo-Western Led By A Magnificent Thandiwe Newton [Sundance]

Andrew Bundy

January 24, 2022 9:39 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Opening on a slide show in an empty classroom, a storm thundering away outside, black and white frontier images flicker. They feature carriages, trains, and indigenous persons communicating with settlers; mine...

‘The Exiles’ Review: Tiananmen Square Doc is a Flawed but Essential Testament to the Power of Image-Based Reporting [Sundance]

Andrew Bundy

January 22, 2022 2:50 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

“You can write about it, but Americans don’t read.” A firm non-believer in spoon-feeding, Academy Award-nominated documentary pioneer Christine Choy (“Who Killed Vincent Chin?”) may very well never set foot in...

Sundance 2022 Preview: 20 Must-See Movies From The Festival

Andrew Bundy

January 18, 2022 1:11 pm

Features, Festivals, News

Somehow, Sundance 2020 — the last in-person iteration of the fest, pre-pandemic — feels like it was both a million years ago and just the other day. If COVID has taught us anything outside revealing the darkes...

The 25 Best Films Of 2021 You Didn’t See

Andrew Bundy

January 13, 2022 11:21 am

Features, News

Yes, we should be entirely way done with 2021, but permit us to close the books on this difficult year with one last belated feature whose title is not meant to be a backhanded compliment to the films, nor sco...

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