Camryn Bell

The film offers an in-depth and spirally look at a case that slowly and surely becomes more than it appears at first glance — even if it doesn’t settle on any clean cut answers.

What results is a largely uneven adaptation that places its entire weight on its lead actress, Cate Blanchett, missing out on what made the book so appealing.

To borrow some terminology from the Carters, this year’s Outside Lands “was a fucking zoo.”

On Saturday, Hozier gave the most action-inspiring performance at Outside Lands and Childish Gambino attracted the largest audience in the festival's history.

On the final day of Outside Lands, performers brought on performances worthy of the titles of slowest burn, most stylish, strongest groove and most tritely eloquent. 

The second day of Outside Lands experienced the most exciting festival debut, the best throwbacks and the most potent dad energy of the weekend. 

The first day of Outside Lands saw the most emotive, in sync, saxophone-centric and floppy sets of the festival. 

On Friday, Twenty One Pilots, The Lumineers and Flying Lotus boasted, respectively, the most risk-taking, nautical and surreal sets of the weekend. 

What’s not rare is the cancellation of a series with all of these tangibly significant characteristics before it’s received its due creative course.

The festival, the first and largest of its kind, serves to amplify a set of narratives whose right to be spoken proves increasingly contested.