Report From Telluride
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‘Theater of Thought’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Offers a Baffling Guided Tour of the Brain
Telluride Film Festival 2022: The prolific director makes the exploration as wide-ranging, philosophical and off-the-wall as possible
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‘Merkel’ Film Review: Former German Leader Noticeably Absent From Her Own Documentary
Telluride Film Festival 2022: This sketchy portrait of the ex-Chancellor feels bereft of insight or detail on a fascinating political life
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‘Icarus: The Aftermath’ Film Review: Sequel to Oscar-Winning Documentary Finds Emotion in Sporting Scandal
Telluride Film Festival 2022: Bryan Fogel’s film is more assured and more moving than his 2017 expose of Russia’s doping program
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‘Squaring the Circle’ Film Review: Music Meets Image in Stylish Rock Documentary
Telluride 2022: Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Roger Waters and more pay tribute to legendary design agency Hipgnosis in Anton Corbijn’s film
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‘Citizen Ashe’ Film Review: Arthur Ashe Doc Movingly Chronicles Tennis Champ and Human Rights Activist
A wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary
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‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Film Review: Jenny Slate Is the Voice of a Cinematic Hug
Director Dean Fleischer-Camp uses stop-motion animation with an open heart and a childlike sense of play
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‘Cyrano’ Film Review: Peter Dinklage Shines but the Songs Are Forgettable
Director Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Cyrano de Bergerac story is a bittersweet mixture of enjoyable highs and painful lows
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‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
Liz Garbus’ film burnishes the Jacques Cousteau legend, but it also reminds us how important his oceanic work remains to this day
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‘King Richard’ Film Review: Will Smith’s Turn as Venus and Serena Williams’ Dad Anchors Unconventional Sports Biopic
Until the sisters tell their own stories, this tale of the ambitious father who nurtured and coached them makes a powerful warm-up
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‘C’mon C’mon’ Film Review: Joaquin Phoenix Explores His Paternal Side in Humane Mike Mills Dramedy
Phoenix, Gaby Hoffman, and young Woody Norman build familial bonds as the film explores the hopes of the young for life on this planet
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‘Julia’ Film Review: Documentary on Beloved Culinary Revolutionary Goes Down Easy
The makers of “RBG” return with another “Here’s a legend you love, and here’s why you love her” doc
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‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Lights Up Eccentric Biopic
As an artist with a love of cats (but no head for business), Cumberbatch taps into his playful side, which fits the film’s oddball tone
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‘The Rescue’ Film Review: Thai Soccer Team Cave Rescue Doc Spins a Yarn So Wild It Has to Be True
The “Free Solo” directors slickly tell the unlikely story of the cave-diving hobbyists who saved the day
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‘Fauci’ Film Review: Documentary on COVID Fighter Emerges as a Portrait of Public Service
Whatever your political leanings, the film offers a look at a scientist who has made sacrifices fighting for the public good
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‘Bernstein’s Wall’ Film Review: Leonard Bernstein Doc Manages to Be Both Revelatory and Enigmatic
Telluride 2021: Douglas Tirola tells us plenty we didn’t know but still leaves some questions naggingly unanswered