Sundance Critic's Notebook #2 (Steve Dollar): Jockey, Human Factors and President

After so much meta-ness, it was practically relaxing to settle back in the waning hours of this year's Sundance with a drama as solid and old-fashioned as Jockey. Not unlike The Wrestler, absent the self-consciously Dardenne-ian camerawork, this Southwestern slice-of-life follows an aging athlete - the titular jockey Jackson (Clinton Collins Jr.) - as he confronts the end of his long ride. On the racetrack, at least, although the aggregated damage caused by a series of back injuries now threaten...