Sundance
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‘Dolores’ Review: Activist Dolores Huerta Gets Her Props in Stirring Doc
Sundance 2017: Huerta was as vital as Cesar Chavez to the farm workers’ movement, but history has not always given her the credit she deserves
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Claudia Puig -
‘Beach Rats’ Review: Closeted Teen Hangs With the Bros in Affecting Drama
Sundance 2017: Eliza Hittman’s follow-up to “It Felt Like Love” establishes her an accomplished auteur of adolescent angst
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‘Crown Heights’ Review: True Story of Injustice Lacks Dramatic Power
Sundance 2017: There’s a powerful tale to be told about an innocent man’s 20-plus years of incarceration, but this isn’t it
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‘Incredible Jessica James’ Review: Jessica Williams Reveals New Levels of Charm
A movie star is born: one-time “Daily Show” correspondent is a revelation in this intelligent comedy
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‘Menashe’ Review: Father-Son Tale Offers Rare Glimpse Into the Hasidic Cloister
Filmed on the sly (in Yiddish) among the Brooklyn Orthodox, this tale of a father trying to regain custody of his son touches upon universal emotions
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‘A Ghost Story’ Review: Casey Affleck’s Ghost in a Bed Sheet Breaks Your Heart
Rooney Mara co-stars in director David Lowery’s odd, beautiful little story of loss and acceptance
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‘The Hero’ Review: Sam Elliott Vehicle Doesn’t Do Its Star Justice
Built around Hollywood’s favorite gravelly-voiced cowboy gentleman, this hackneyed, predictable senior drama doesn’t burnish his strengths
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New Syria-Set Docs ‘Cries From Syria,’ ‘City of Ghosts’ Showcase Heroes and Victims
Sundance 2017 Reviews: Two Syria-set documentaries from Oscar-nominated directors show different sides of an international tragedy
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Syrian Activist in HBO Doc on Her Life Now: ‘Most of My Friends Are Killed’ (Video)
Sundance 2017: Journalist and activist Kholoud Helmi of “Cries From Syria” tells of heart-rending reality
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Itay Hod -
‘Deidra & Laney Rob a Train’ Review: Teenage Mischief Comedy Is a Small Delight
Sundance 2017: Sisters turn to train theft to save their struggling family in this skillfully amusing entertainment
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Robert Abele -
‘Whose Streets?’ Sundance Doc Acquired by Magnolia Pictures
Film by Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis tells the story of the Ferguson, Missouri protests
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‘Oklahoma City’ Review: Powerful Doc Only Scratches Story’s Surface
Sundance 2017: Barak Goodman tries to connect 1995 bombing with earlier incidents in Ruby Ridge and Waco, but bites off more than his audience can digest
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Zoe Lister-Jones Comedy ‘Band Aid’ Picked Up by IFC Films
The Sundance entry marks the directorial debut of the “Life in Pieces” star
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‘Icarus’ Director on Helping Anti-Doping Expert Flee Russia (Video)
Sundance 2017: “It wasn’t about being a filmmaker, it was this obligation that I felt that I had to try to save this guy’s life,” director Bryan Fogel tells TheWrap
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Jack Henry Robbins Hopes Porno Comedy ‘Hot in Winter’ Will Spur Climate Change Debate (Video)
Sundance 2017: “It’s for all those folks who travel and do that pay-per-view thing,” executive producer Tim Robbins tells TheWrap