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2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Marvelous and the Black Hole

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Marvelous and the Black Hole, 2020.Written and directed by Kate Tsang. Starring Miya Cech, Rhea Perlman, Leonardo Nam, Kannon Omachi, Paulina Lule, and Keith Powell.SYNOPSIS:A teenage delinquent teams up with a surly children’s party magician to navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons.As a coming-of-age comedy with a quirky title, Marvelous and the Black Hole […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Wild Indian

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Wild Indian, 2021.Written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Starring Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth, Phoenix Wilson, and Julian Gopal.SYNOPSIS:Two men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate.If the joy of film festivals often lies in witnessing the emergence of little-known filmmakers on a […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Passing

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Passing, 2021.Written and directed by Rebecca Hall. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, and Bill Camp.SYNOPSIS:Follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.Rebecca Hall makes a bold feature debut with this adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Searchers

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Searchers, 2021.Directed by Pacho Velez.SYNOPSIS:Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.Among the most mentally debilitating casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is surely the absence of a traditional dating scene in most countries around the world, as elucidated with warmth and […]

Censor Never Reaches Its Full Horror Potential | Sundance 2021 Video Review

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Censor, 2021.Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley, Clare Holman, Andrew Havill, Felicity Montagu, Danny Lee Wynter, Clare Perkins, Guillaume Delaunay, Richard Glover, Beau Gadsdon, Amelie Child-Villiers.You may call me a bit sick for this, but I expected more “nasty” out of this video […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Try Harder!

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Try Harder!, 2021.Directed by Debbie Lum.SYNOPSIS:In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams.Debbie Lum’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Try Harder! offers an intimate window into a subject most viewers […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Prime Time

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Prime Time, 2021.Co-written and directed by Jakub Piątek. Starring Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Popławska, Andrzej Kłak, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Dobromir Dymecki, and Monika Frajczyk.SYNOPSIS:In 1999, Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world.Dog Day Afternoon. Network. The King of Comedy. The touchstones are myriad for Polish […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, 2021.Directed by Marilyn Agrelo.SYNOPSIS:A look at the history of the long-running children’s TV show “Sesame Street.”There will surely never again be a children’s TV phenom on the scale of Sesame Street – and the abundance of choice afforded by modern streaming services can only partially explain that. Orson […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sabaya

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Sabaya, 2021.Written and directed by Hogir Hirori.SYNOPSIS:With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad, and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.Hogir Hirori (The Deminer) returns with another […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mother Schmuckers

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Mother Schmuckers, 2021.Written and directed by Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit. Starring Harpo Guit, Maxi Delmelle, Claire Bodson, Mathieu Amalric, and Habib Ben Tanfous.SYNOPSIS:Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother’s beloved dog, they have 24 hours […]