Sundance
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‘The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales’ Review: Disney’s Magic Kingdom Takes a Hit in Sobering Documentary
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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‘Nothing Compares’ Review: Heartbreaking Sinead O’Connor Documentary Is Sadly Timely
Kathryn Ferguson paints a strong portrait of O’Connor’s initial rise and fall, but leaves out her long, curious second act
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‘Dos Estaciones’ Review: Gorgeously Moody Drama Captures the Struggles of a Tequila Rancher
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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Sundance Names Eugene Hernandez Festival Director and Head of Public Programming
The current director of the New York Film Festival will join in November but begin leading the 2024 Sundance
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‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ Film Review: Regina Hall Elevates Satirical Evangelical Mockumentary
The targets of writer-director Adamma Ebo’s comedy aren’t always clear, but Hall’s performance consistently hits the bullseye
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‘Breaking’ Film Review: Powerful Performances Outshine Dramatization of True-Life Tragedy
Whatever its narrative shortcomings, Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature debut spotlights a stellar ensemble, including John Boyega and the late Michael Kenneth Williams
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‘Resurrection’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Keeps a Firm Grasp on Unsettling Familial Horror
Writer-director Andrew Semans’ script takes a big narrative swing, but Hall, Tim Roth and Grace Kaufman make it all seem believable
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‘Sharp Stick’ Film Review: Lena Dunham’s First Feature in a Decade Feels Overly Familiar
She’s left New York City behind for Malibu, but the writer-director seems to be stuck in her comfort zone
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‘A Love Song’ Film Review: Dale Dickey Delivers a Career-Best Performance in Transcendent Love Story
Dickey and Wes Studi bloom in the desert as widowed old friends tentatively seeking connection in Max Walker-Silverman’s impressive debut
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Sundance Announces Participants for Producers Lab and Producers Summit
The annual conferences are geared towards supporting emerging indie filmmakers
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‘My Old School’ Film Review: Scottish High-School Documentary Is Enjoyably Odd – for a While
Inventive filmmaking and some impressive lip syncing from Alan Cumming isn’t enough to overcome a story that wears thin
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‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Film Review: Emma Thompson Shines as a Widow Seeking Intimacy
Director Sophie Hyde keeps this mostly-two-hander between Thompson and Daryl McCormack from feeling too stage-bound
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‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Film Review: Dakota Johnson in Charming Coming-of-Age Dramedy
“S—house” director-star Cooper Raiff avoids sophomore slump in this follow-up to his SXSW winner
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‘The Janes’ Film Review: Candid Doc Shares Extraordinary History of Underground Abortion Network
As Roe v. Wade comes under renewed fire, this passionate film looks back at a time when women helped other women access the procedures they needed
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‘Emergency’ Film Review: Three Men of Color Try to Do the Right Thing in Caustically Relevant Thriller
Systemic racism is the villain in this taut piece about a trio of Black and Latino students coming to a white woman’s aid even at the risk becoming victims themselves
