Velvet Buzzsaw, the new Netflix original film, is a vapid, self-congratulatory mess that’s as satisfying as watching paint dry, or slowly drip off the canvas, as is the case here. Velvet Buzzsaw’s narrative pendulates frustratingly between satire and camp horror, possessing the virtues of neither. It lacks a strong centre because the narrative keeps shifting simplistically from one main character …
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicks off this Thursday, 24 January, and Firstpost heads to the quaint ski town of Park City, Utah to bring you the latest news, reviews and interviews from America’s largest independent film festival. Actor-turned-performance artist-turned-indie darling Shia LaBeouf plays his own alcoholic father in the semi-autobiographical Honey Boy; The Nightcrawler team of Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene …
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