In the Same Breath, 2021.Directed by Nanfu Wang.SYNOPSIS:How did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party?If documentaries about ongoing subjects have a tendency to age poorly, that’s unlikely to hold true for Nanfu Wang’s (One Child Nation) monumental deep-dive into the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic in […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – One for the Road
One for the Road, 2021.Co-written and directed by Baz Poonpiriya. Starring Tor Thanapob, Ice Natara, Violette Wautier, Aokbab Chutimon, Ploi Horwang, and Noon Siraphun.SYNOPSIS:Boss, a high-end club owner living in New York, receives a call from his friend in Thailand, Aood, revealing he is in the last stages of terminal cancer.Director Baz Poonpiriya (Countdown, Bad Genius) […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Seeds of Deceit
Shaun Munro reviews the Sundance premiere of Dutch documentary series Seeds of Deceit…Miriam Guttmann’s three-part documentary series premiering at Sundance could so easily have lent its inherently scandalous subject matter a trashy, tabloid-y treatment, yet Guttman opts instead for robust restraint, foregrounding the stories of abuse victims over the mythology of their abuser.Jan Karbaat was, […]
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