Movies

July, 1986

Robert Redford's Sundance Institute is a well-meaning film workshop where moviedom's high and mighty volunteer their expertise to help beginners polish their craft. So far, its best product is Desert Bloom (Columbia), writer-director Eugene Corr's slice-of-life drama about a working-class family in Las Vegas circa 1950. The movie has the earnest air of a conscientious, socially relevant student film, but it also has passion, emotional richness and a marvelously personal re-creation of a particul...