Reviews
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‘Jamojaya’ Review: Young Rapper Deals with Industry Racism and Dad Issues in Justin Chon’s Drama
Sundance 2023: The director of “Blue Bayou” returns with perhaps his most interesting, albeit still flawed, exploration of the ideas that drive his work
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‘Flora and Son’ Review: John Carney’s Latest Film Plays Like Too Much of a Good Thing
Sundance 2023: The tuneful writer-director seems to have crammed several films’ worth of plot and character into this
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‘Young. Wild. Free.’ Review: Teen Drama Veers Off-Track When Nightmare and Dream Girl Collide
Sundance 2023: For all the film’s shortcomings, it does provide a showcase for the talented Algee Smith
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‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ Review: Soulful Debut Contemplates the Human Connection to Nature
Sundance 2023: Raven Jackson’s haunting first film (produced by Barry Jenkins) connects humanity to the water and the dust from which it came and will eventually return
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‘Going Varsity in Mariachi’ Review: Traditional Music Opens Doors for Teens in Inspirational Doc
Sundance 2023: Kids at an underfunded high school develop skills — and not just musical ones — by playing mariachi
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‘Drift’ Review: Cynthia Erivo’s Commanding Turn Bolsters Low-Key Refugee Drama
Sundance 2023: The film’s second half leans toward the tidy and cathartic, but Erivo’s performance remains unwaveringly riveting
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‘Theater Camp’ Review: Talented Cast Lends Spark to Showbiz-Kids Mockumentary
Sundance 2023: There’s no people like show people in this hilariously affectionate look at young performers with stage fever
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‘Eileen’ Review: Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway Go Dark in Boldly Provocative Film
Sundance Film Festival 2023: William Oldroyd’s followup to 2016’s “Lady Macbeth” is a blackly humorous riff on film noir and a tour de force for its cast
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‘Cat Person’ Review: Provocative Adaptation of Viral Short Story Makes Bold Choices
Sundance 2023: Writer Michelle Ashford and director Susanna Fogel build out the #MeToo world of the New Yorker short story
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‘A Still Small Voice’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Examines the Exhaustion of Hospital Chaplaincy
Sundance 2023: A chaplain-in-training faces a baptism of fire in the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic
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‘The Deepest Breath’ Review: Awe-Inspiring Underwater Footage Enhances Freediving Documentary
Sundance 2023: Director Laura McGann plays fast and loose with her storytelling, but the results are worth it
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‘Bad Behaviour’ Review: Alice Englert’s Directorial Debut Comes In and Out of Focus
Sundance 2023: Englert and Jennifer Connelly play daughter and mother in a quirky film with some moments that land but too many that do not
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‘The Starling Girl’ Review: Repressed Young Woman Seeks Freedom in Assured Indie Debut
Sundance 2023: Writer-director Laurel Parmet captures both the beauty and bondage of an isolated Christian community
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‘Judy Blume Forever’ Review: Doc Proves an Writer’s Output Can Be More Memorable Than Their Biography
Sundance 2023: If only this celebratory film serviced its subject with the nuance that novelist Blume has brought to her work
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‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Jonathan Majors Delivers a Powerhouse Performance as a Tormented Bodybuilder
Sundance 2023: This character study is occasionally unfocused, but Majors transforms himself physically and mentally to portray a soul in agony
