
Sundance 2020
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‘The Nowhere Inn’ Film Review: St. Vincent Meta-Documentary Becomes Tedious and Trite
By Simon Abrams | September 16, 2021 @ 7:00 AMAnnie ”St. Vincent“ Clark and Carrie Brownstein play ”themselves“ in a concert film that isn’t a concert film, but isn’t much else, either
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‘Whirlybird’ Film Review: Family Breakup Makes Most Impact in Journalism Doc
By Elizabeth Weitzman | August 5, 2021 @ 1:15 PMThe evolution of L.A.-based news pales in comparison to the personal story in Matt Yoka’s documentary
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‘Summertime’ Film Review: Spoken-Word Saga Offers a Vibrant Tour of the Real LA
By Carlos Aguilar | July 7, 2021 @ 2:55 PMCarlos López Estrada (”Blindspotting“) returns with a poetry slam that’s a feast for the senses
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‘Blast Beat’ Film Review: Debut Feature Captures the Messy, Imperfect, Sometimes Empowering Immigrant Experience
By Carlos Aguilar | May 24, 2021 @ 11:20 AMColombian filmmaker Esteban Arango benefits from the casting of real-life brothers as siblings in rivalry
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‘Beast Beast’ Film Review: Empathetic Debut Feature Gets Up Close and Personal With Gen Z
By Yolanda Machado | April 16, 2021 @ 6:45 AMWriter-director Danny Madden explores contemporary youth at their best and worst
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‘The Courier’ Director Dominic Cooke on How His Film Differs From Other Espionage Movies (Video)
By Umberto Gonzalez | March 19, 2021 @ 12:00 PMSundance 2020: ”I think it kind of takes you into a very different place in terms of the espionage movie,“ Cooke tells TheWrap’s Brian Welk
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‘Jumbo’ Film Review: Offbeat Love Story Joins Woman and Park Attraction For an Unusual Ride
By Robert Abele | February 18, 2021 @ 7:30 AMWhether you’ve heard about object sexuality or not, this gung-ho Belgian debut feature is less than the sum of its parts
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‘Minari’ Film Review: Steven Yeun Leads Charming Drama About Korean Transplants in 1980s Arkansas
By Carlos Aguilar | February 12, 2021 @ 7:30 AMYeun delivers another thoughtful performance in this effortlessly poetic tale of redefinition and resilience
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‘Promising Young Woman’ Film Review: Carey Mulligan Shines in Bold Thriller for the #MeToo Era
By Monica Castillo | December 23, 2020 @ 8:05 AMCarey Mulligan is electric as a woman out to scare predatory men in Emerald Fennell’s twisted tale of trauma and revenge
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How ‘Charm City Kings’ Crew Hope to Bring ‘Mentorship’ to Marginalized Kids (Video)
By Brian Welk | October 8, 2020 @ 8:45 AMSundance 2020: ”This is the life that a lot of people face in marginalized communities,“ director Angel Manuel Soto says
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‘Possessor’ Film Review: Brandon Cronenberg’s Thriller Emphasizes Body Horror Over Character
By Elizabeth Weitzman | October 2, 2020 @ 9:43 AMSundance 2020: The filmmaker is more interested in squishy jolts than in character, and he totally wastes the talented Andrea Riseborough
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How ‘Save Yourselves!’ Filmmakers Imagined a Couple in Quarantine Pre-COVID (Video)
By Beatrice Verhoeven | October 1, 2020 @ 2:15 PMSundance 2020: Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s sci-fi comedy is about what happens when two people shut off their phones during an alien invasion
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‘Cuties’ Just Want to Dance in First Trailer for Sundance Darling on Netflix (Video)
By Brian Welk | August 18, 2020 @ 8:24 AMMaïmouna Doucouré writes and directs the French-African film debuting September 9
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‘Spree’ Star Joe Keery on His ‘Highly Misguided’ Character’s Pursuit of Viral Fame (Video)
By Brian Welk | August 13, 2020 @ 4:13 PMSasheer Zamata and David Arquette star alongside the ”Stranger Things“ actor
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‘The Go-Go’s’ Film Review: Transcendent Rock Doc Examines 1980s Glass-Ceiling Shatterers
By Todd Gilchrist | July 27, 2020 @ 3:55 PMAlison Ellwood gets the scoop on the rise, fall and immortality of the groundbreaking girl group