Report From Sundance
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‘After the Wedding’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Remake Swaps Genders, Finds a Reason to Exist
With the help of Moore, Michelle Williams and Billy Crudup, director Bart Freundlich offers a new take on a 2006 Susanne Bier drama
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CSNY Comeback? David Crosby Calls for Reunion With Stills, Nash and Young (Video)
Sundance 2019: “I want to work with all four of us,” he says at TheWrap studio
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‘David Crosby: Remember My Name’ Film Review: An Affectionate, Moving Look at the Rocker
Director A.J. Eaton and producer Cameron Crowe’s documentary celebrates the iconic musician’s creativity and gazes unflinchingly at his failings
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‘The Farewell’ Film Review: Awkwafina Shows Range in Rich Intergenerational Drama
The rapper turned actress has a career defining role in Lulu Wang’s film about a fake wedding staged to mislead a terminally ill elder
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‘Marianne & Leonard’ Film Review: Leonard Cohen’s Muse Gets Her Due in Lovely Documentary
Sundance 2019: Nick Broomfield’s “first love story” focuses on Marianne Ihlen, who inspired early Cohen songs like “So Long, Marianne” and “Bird on the Wire”
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‘Edge of Democracy’ Film Review: Documentary About Brazilian Politics Finds Echoes Close to Home
Petra Costa’s sobering film chronicles a country swinging to the right and a nationalist authoritarian taking over
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‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ Film Review: Zac Efron Captures Ted Bundy’s Killer Charm
Sundance 2019: Efron’s performance bolsters this look at the handsome young man whose murders shocked a nation
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Brings Explosive Michael Jackson Accusations to Light
Dan Reed’s four-hour film focuses on two men and their families telling their stories in depth
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‘Apollo 11’ Film Review: You Know How It Comes Out, But It’s Still a Hell of a Ride
Sundance 2019: Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary uses original footage of the moon mission that sometimes seems too vivid and too visceral to have come from the vaults
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‘Premature’ Film Review: Summer Romance Captures Beauty, Heartbreak of First Love
Rashaad Ernesto Green’s sophomore feature hums with the excitement and disappointments of a life-changing teen romance
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‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am’ Documentary Acquired by Magnolia Pictures
Sundance 2019: The film, about the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize premiered during the festival
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HBO Won’t Edit Michael Jackson Doc ‘Leaving Neverland’ That Singer’s Estate Complained About
TCA 2019: And he has “no hesitation” about that, Casey Bloys tells TheWrap
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‘Maiden’ Follows Tracy Edwards’ ‘First Real Taste of Sexism and Misogyny’ During Epic Sailing Race (Video)
Sundance 2019: In 1989, she skippered the first all-female crew in a sailing race
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Death Penalty Drama ‘Clemency’ Wins Sundance Grand Jury Prize
“One Child Nation” wins documentary prize; audience awards go to “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “Knock Down the House,” “Queen of Hearts” and “Sea of Shadows”
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‘Blinded by the Light’ Writer on ‘Gobsmacking’ Success of the Film About His Springsteen-Loving Youth
Sundance 2019: “I really did grow up in a working-class background with a very, very limited idea of what my future would be,” Sarfraz Manzoor says of the film that landed a $15 million deal at the festival