
Report From Sundance
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Why ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ Directors Didn’t Want a ‘Behind the Music’ Type Documentary (Video)
By Brian Welk | January 25, 2022 @ 6:09 PMSundance 2022: ”We wanted to make something that lives and breathes and makes you feel like you had been dropped into that time,“ Dylan Southern says
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Bill Nighy’s ‘Living’ Finds New Life at Sony Classics
By Brian Welk | January 25, 2022 @ 3:55 PMSundance 2022: Oliver Hermanus’ film re-imagines Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic ”Ikiru“
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How Filmmakers of ‘The Janes’ Documentary Confront Today’s Abortion Debate Through a 1960s Lens (Video)
By Joe McGovern | January 25, 2022 @ 12:15 PMSundance 2022: ”These were ordinary women turned outlaws,“ co-director Tia Lessin says. ”What better story is there than that?“
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Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ With Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul Sells to RLJE Films in 7-Figure Deal
By Brian Welk | January 25, 2022 @ 12:15 PMThe futuristic dark comedy premiered at Sundance and will be released theatrically later in 2022
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How ‘Master’ Director Mariama Diallo Shocked Regina Hall With Her Horror Script (Video)
By Missy Schwartz | January 25, 2022 @ 8:34 AMSundance 2022: In her film ”Master,“ writer-director Diallo explores entrenched racism via two Black women living through a nightmare on a college campus
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The Sundance Blues: Good Films Can’t Overcome a Muted Virtual Festival
By Steve Pond | January 25, 2022 @ 5:45 AMSundance 2020: This year was supposed to be a triumphant return to an in-person festival, but the pandemic other plans
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‘The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales’ Film Review: Disney’s Magic Kingdom Takes a Hit in Sobering Documentary
By Steve Pond | January 24, 2022 @ 7:30 PMSundance 2022: Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Roy O. Disney and grandniece of Walt, uses her family company as a case study in corporate heartlessness
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‘Last Flight Home’ Film Review: Ondi Timoner’s Beautiful Tribute to Her Father Documents His Last Days
By Elizabeth Weitzman | January 24, 2022 @ 6:10 PMSundance 2022: The veteran doc director celebrates her dad’s life as she tracks his chosen path to his own demise
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Why ‘After Yang’ Star Colin Farrell Was ‘Haunted’ by Writer-Director Kogonada’s Script (Video)
By Aarohi Sheth | January 24, 2022 @ 5:51 PMSundance 2022: Kogonada’s film focuses on love, loss and connection through A.I. robots and technology
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‘Am I OK?’ Film Review: Dakota Johnson Questions a Few Shades of Sexuality in Warmhearted Buddy Comedy
By Elizabeth Weitzman | January 24, 2022 @ 4:09 PMSundance 2022: Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne make their directorial debut with a crowd-pleaser that has some moments of hesitation
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‘Dos Estaciones’ Film Review: Gorgeously Moody Drama Captures the Struggles of a Tequila Rancher
By Robert Abele | January 24, 2022 @ 1:35 PMSundance 2022: Juan Pablo González’s atmospheric narrative mixes story, performance and real life to portray a Mexico changed by the modern economy
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‘Navalny,’ About Russian Opposition Leader, Added as Surprise Film to Sundance Lineup
By Brian Welk | January 24, 2022 @ 1:00 PMDaniel Roher directs the documentary that will premiere Tuesday in competition at the virtual festival
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Emma Thompson Wanted Her Body ‘Untreated’ in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ (Video)
By Jeremy Fuster | January 24, 2022 @ 9:33 AMSundance 2022: ”I’ve always been a card-carrying, kind of militant feminist about women’s bodies and what’s been done to them,“ Thompson says
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‘My Old School’ Film Review: Scottish High-School Documentary Is Enjoyably Odd – for a While
By Steve Pond | January 24, 2022 @ 12:00 AMSundance 2022: Inventive filmmaking and some impressive lip syncing from Alan Cumming isn’t enough to overcome a story that wears thin
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‘God’s Country’ Film Review: Thandiwe Newton Shines Even as the Landscape Gets Shaky
By Ronda Racha Penrice | January 23, 2022 @ 10:50 PMSundance 2022: Newton plays a Montana college professor, an outsider at work and in her home, who battles hunters trespassing on her property