Report From Sundance
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‘Breaking’ Film Review: Powerful Performances Outshine Dramatization of True-Life Tragedy
Whatever its narrative shortcomings, Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature debut spotlights a stellar ensemble, including John Boyega and the late Michael Kenneth Williams
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‘Resurrection’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Keeps a Firm Grasp on Unsettling Familial Horror
Writer-director Andrew Semans’ script takes a big narrative swing, but Hall, Tim Roth and Grace Kaufman make it all seem believable
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‘Sharp Stick’ Film Review: Lena Dunham’s First Feature in a Decade Feels Overly Familiar
She’s left New York City behind for Malibu, but the writer-director seems to be stuck in her comfort zone
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‘A Love Song’ Film Review: Dale Dickey Delivers a Career-Best Performance in Transcendent Love Story
Dickey and Wes Studi bloom in the desert as widowed old friends tentatively seeking connection in Max Walker-Silverman’s impressive debut
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‘My Old School’ Film Review: Scottish High-School Documentary Is Enjoyably Odd – for a While
Inventive filmmaking and some impressive lip syncing from Alan Cumming isn’t enough to overcome a story that wears thin
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‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Film Review: Emma Thompson Shines as a Widow Seeking Intimacy
Director Sophie Hyde keeps this mostly-two-hander between Thompson and Daryl McCormack from feeling too stage-bound
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‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Film Review: Dakota Johnson in Charming Coming-of-Age Dramedy
“S—house” director-star Cooper Raiff avoids sophomore slump in this follow-up to his SXSW winner
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‘The Janes’ Film Review: Candid Doc Shares Extraordinary History of Underground Abortion Network
As Roe v. Wade comes under renewed fire, this passionate film looks back at a time when women helped other women access the procedures they needed
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‘Emergency’ Film Review: Three Men of Color Try to Do the Right Thing in Caustically Relevant Thriller
Systemic racism is the villain in this taut piece about a trio of Black and Latino students coming to a white woman’s aid even at the risk becoming victims themselves
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‘On the Count of Three’ Review: Jerrod Carmichael’s Directorial Debut Is a Matter of Life and Death
The comedian gets to the heart of troubled characters while always finding the uncomfortable laughs
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‘Pleasure’ Film Review: Feminist Workplace Parable Just Happens to Be Set in Porn
Ninja Thyberg’s gutting look at an adult film star’s rise speaks to universal issues
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Sundance Festival Plans Return to Hybrid Format for 2023
The Park City, Utah-based event will run from Jan. 19-29 and boast an even larger film program, organizers say
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‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Film Review: Ambitious Horror Tale Collapses into Distracting Excess
Noomi Rapace’s turn as a 19th century Macedonian shape-shifter can’t overcome first-time director Goran Stolevski’s overblown style
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‘Master’ Film Review: Regina Hall Faces the Haunting of Racism Past Alongside Very Contemporary Oppression
First time writer-director Mariama Diallo turns historical sins into the stuff of horror
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‘Lucy and Desi’ Film Review: Amy Poehler’s Engaging ‘I Love Lucy’ Doc Balances History and Homage
It’s an intimate, loving and even-handed exploration of the couple who changed show business forever