Sovereign (2025)
First screened in January 2026
Director: Christrian Swegal. Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Nick Offerman, Dennis Quaid, Thomas Mann, Nancy Travis, Martha Plimpton, Kezia DaCosta, Bobby Gilchrist, Terry J. Nelson, Jade Fernandez, Chris Greene, Ruby Wolf, Brandon Stewart, Megan Mullally. Screenplay: Christian Swegal.
In Brief:
Works best at its painful father/son center and its unnerving peripheries. The middle is messy, as is story trajectory.
VOR:③
More U.S. filmmaking should be delving into radical anti-state movements, broadly and in up-close detail. Lots falls short here, but a worthy effort.
