Rolling rinks and skating, for many African-American communities throughout the country, is more than a simple past time. Rinks are community centers, therapeutic areas, and hollow ground,…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: United Skates: Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler Interview”

Rating: 3/4 Sundance was filled with a plethora of feel good lighthearted fan fare, filling its viewers with hope in a moment of despair (this was during…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Sundance Review: ‘Clemency’”

Rating: 3/4 Running a marathon is a near super-human feat, requiring months of training. Few things in life are harder — except self love and openness. Those…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Sundance Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon”

Rating: 2.5/4 Directors Bert & Bertie‘s Troop Zero — the second feature film of their partnership — is an odd, yet simple film. NASA wants to make…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Sundance Review: ‘Troop Zero’”

Rating: 3.5/4 A primal scream erupts in an undisclosed Latin American mountain range. In the shadows and the fog, in the political unrest actualized in the cacophonous…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Sundance Review: Monos”

Rating: 3/4 When it comes to crowd-pleasing narratives, Sundance has had a good ear to the ground: Eighth Grade, Hearts Beat Loud, or A Kid Like Jake.…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Sundance Review: Blinded By the Light”

Rating: 2/4 Romantic comedies have found a resurgence. Films like Crazy Rich Asians, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and The Big Sick have allied the…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Isn’t it Romantic:’ Isn’t as Good as the Rom Coms it’s Subverting”