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Spokane native Trish Harnetiaux discusses her film playing at the virtual Sundance Festival; plus, this year's Sundance highlights

By Nathan Weinbender

Jan 28, 2021

In 2020, the Sundance Film Festival was one of the last big movie-centric events to happen in person before international COVID-19 shutdowns took effect. But the show must go on, and the landmark independent film forum is back in 2021, albeit in a virtual version...

Jacob A. Ware in Trish Harnetiaux's Sundance-approved You Wouldn't Understand.

Locked Down blends unlikely genres with mixed results

By Nathan Weinbender
Jan 21, 2021
WWII-set monster movie Shadow in the Cloud mashes up genres in intriguing but empty ways

By Nathan Weinbender
Jan 11, 2021
As streaming becomes our primary viewing method for new films, the line between TV and movies keeps blurring

By Nathan Weinbender
Jan 7, 2021
Our picks for the best films of 2020

By Nathan Weinbender
Dec 30, 2020
With Pixar's latest feature Soul hitting Disney+, a look back at the animation studio's best

By Nathan Weinbender
Dec 23, 2020
A holiday streaming guide for unsung Christmas classics, Scrooge-friendly holiday hits and this year's Oscar hopefuls

By Nathan Weinbender
Dec 17, 2020
Hallmark holiday movies are corny, homogeneous and painfully predictable. Why do people love them so much?

By Nathan Weinbender
Dec 17, 2020
David Fincher's Mank is a reverent but curiously flat tribute to the greatest of American films

By Nathan Weinbender
Dec 10, 2020
Hillbilly Elegy has gotten some of the worst reviews of the year. How bad could it really be?

By Nathan Weinbender
Dec 3, 2020
Released 30 years ago this month, Home Alone tapped into childhood fantasies to become a Christmas classic

By Nathan Weinbender
Nov 25, 2020
A look back at the late Sean Connery's pioneering take on James Bond

By Nathan Weinbender
Nov 19, 2020
After months of dark screens, Spokane movie theaters begin projecting again

By Nathan Weinbender
Nov 12, 2020
A family of con artists look for their latest grift in Miranda July’s deeply strange comedy Kajillionaire

By Nathan Weinbender
Nov 5, 2020
Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks is a showcase for the effortless charm of Bill Murray

By Nathan Weinbender
Nov 5, 2020