riley stearns

Sundance 2022: Sci-fi ‘Dual’ Is Uncompromising Black Satire

Sundance 2022: Sci-fi ‘Dual’ Is Uncompromising Black Satire

Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ is an uncomfortable black comedy that asks the painful question: Are being loved and being true to yourself mutually exclusive?

Riley Stearns’ ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Is a Knockout Black Comedy

Riley Stearns’ ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Is a Knockout Black Comedy

If director Riley Stearns sometimes loses his thematic bearings, he never forgets to deliver large, violent doses of comedy in The Art of Self-Defense.