CODA, 2021. Directed by Sian Heder. Starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, and Eugenio Derbez. SYNOPSIS: A hearing child in a deaf family finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her family’s reliance on her to be their connection to the outside world. Sitting down for my […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – In the Same Breath
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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