Sundance

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  Sundance Review: 'On the Count of Three' Is a Dark Suicide Comedy That Can't Find the Right Tone

  Directed by Jerrod Carmichael

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2021

  The way we talk about suicide as a society is evolving, and it absolutely should, as more people understand the real-life impacts of rhetor...

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  Sundance Review: 'Human Factors' Is About the Journey, Not the Big Reveal

  Directed by Ronny Trocker

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2021

  Whether it's the direct upbringing of those fortunate enough to make films or simply the narrative problems solved, the upper-middle class...

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  Sundance Review: 'John and the Hole' Is a Whole Lot of Nothing

  Directed by Pascual Sisto

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2021

  A sociopathic preteen boy drugs his entire family and wheelbarrows them into a hole deep in the forest that lines their multi-million dolla...

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  Sundance Review: 'El Planeta' Is a Strong First Outing from a Rare Talent

  Directed by Amalia Ulman

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2021

  There's something jarring about the fact that day-to-day poverty is almost never represented onscreen in modern cinema, but that's just one...

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  Sundance Review: 'Jockey' Is Just Another Quiet, Breathy Sports Drama

  Directed by Clint Bentley

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2021

  Quiet, breathy, golden-hour dramas about sports are, at this point, the best way to talk about sports. And while Chloé Zhao's The Rider rem...

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  Sion Sono and Nicolas Cage's 'Prisoners of the Ghostland' Is Exactly as Unexpected as You'd Expect

  Directed by Sion Sono

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2021

  Legendary Japanese director Sion Sono has over 50 directing credits to his name, including the release of two features in 2020 alone. Still...

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  'Honey Boy' Just Might Be Shia LaBeouf's Masterpiece

  Directed by Alma Har'el

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2019

  In 2015, child actor turned performance artist Shia LaBeouf spent ten hours watching his own movies at the Angelika Film Center in New York...

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  'Before You Know It' Marks the Arrival of a New Comedic Voice

  Directed by Hannah Pearl Utt

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2019

  On paper, the plot of Before You Know It is incredibly camp — after their father dies, a pair of New York sisters discover their building i...