Descendant – The Sacred Wall

‘Descendant’ Review (Sundance Review)

Every time it feels as though Netflix has scraped the bottom of the barrel when it comes to its documentaries, one comes along that knocks you flat on your ass. Perhaps it’s because director Margaret Bowen’s Descendant was made outside of the...

10/24/2022 Travis Burgess 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Descendant, Margaret Brown, Netflix, Sundance 2022, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Reviews 0 Comments

95th Academy Award Predictions: The Features

With the fall festival season starting later this week, perhaps it’s time to turn to the stupidest categories to predict this early in the season: the Features. While Animated, Documentary, and International Feature are supposed to be equals to...

08/29/2022 Travis Burgess 95th Academy Awards, Aftershock, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Apollo 10 1/2, Argentina 1985, Bardo (Or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature, Decision to Leave, Descendant, Fire of Love, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Holy Spider, Oscars, Pinocchio, Predictions, RRR, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Exiles, Turning Red, Wendall and Wild 0 Comments

A Sundance Recap: Breaking Down My 25 Film Journey

The general consensus out of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was that while the good stuff was great, it was, overall, a weaker year for the festival. As I wrap up my personal schedule, I tend to agree. There were very few big swings, which...

01/29/2022 Travis Burgess 2022 Sundance Film Festival, 892, After Yang, Aftershock, Alice, Am I Ok?, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Descendant, Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, Emergency, Emily The Criminal, Fire of Love, Fresh, Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul, Living, Master, Navlany, Palm Trees and Power Lines, Piggy, Recaps, Resurrection, Sharp Stick, Sundance 2022, Sundance Film Festival, Tantura, The Exiles, Watcher, You Won't Be Alone 0 Comments

The Sacred Wall’s 2022 Sundance Film Festival Schedule

Starting tomorrow, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival will commence from its base in Park City, Utah. And just like last year, because time is a flat circle and it turns out we’re in an eternal cycle of incompetence of the highest order, Sundance...