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The Founder Of Video Art Gets A Documentary That is Never As Radical As Its Subject [Sundance]
The avant-garde video artist Nam June Paik gets his own adulatory portrait in Amanda Kim’s documentary “Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV.” An act of biographical recovery that also, somehow, flattens a controversial artist, Kim’s film provides just enough contextual information…
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Arjun | Film Threat
Tensions are high along the border of India and Pakistan. It’s been that way for a long time. In director Jaiveer Bhatia’s action film, Arjun, one wonders what lengths a soldier will take to ensure victory for his homeland. The…
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24 Stressful Hours In The Day Of A Trans Man
PARK CITY – After almost 40 years, there are actually few subjects in the LGBTQ community the Sundance Film Festival hasn’t put a spotlight on. The fact that Vuk Lungulov-Klotz’s “Mutt,” a rare non-coming-out story about a trans man, is…
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Maddening & Promising All At Once
Home Movie Reviews When You Finish Saving The World Review: Maddening & Promising All At Once When You Finish Saving the World is filled with interesting ideas and scenes, yet is hindered by character development that feels incomplete. Finn Wolfhard and…
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Docuseries Mistakes The Comprehensive For the Essential In Well-Meaning Slog [Sundance]
Caught somewhere between a movie and a series, “Willie Nelson & Family” doubles down on the history and mythology of its namesake to stretch the latter into what would have been better served as the former. Honest, introspective, yet rarely…
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Wolf Hollow | Film Threat
A pack of werewolves, a pair of Pennsatucky brothers, and a film crew scouting locations; these groups find themselves interacting violently in Mark Cantu’s Wolf Hollow. A hyper-violent adrenaline rush, this horror picture is an excellent example of the lack of…
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Black Motherhood And Harlem Take Centerstage In A.V. Rockwell’s Handsome Debut [Sundance]
In writer/director A.V. Rockwell’s feature directorial debut, “A Thousand and One,” Inez (a deeply felt Teyana Talyor) has returned to Harlem after spending a year in Rikers Prison. The year is 1994, and Harlem is still bustling with its own…
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Anna Kendrick Excels In Piercing, Sensitive Drama
Home Movie Reviews Alice, Darling Review: Anna Kendrick Excels In Piercing, Sensitive Drama Luckily, though, Alice, Darling is a respectful and piercing character study that also serves as an excellent showcase for Kendrick's talents. Anna Kendrick in Alice, Darling Anna Kendrick might…
Read more![Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s Documentary Is An Atmospheric, Evocative Elegy For Central Appalachia [Sundance]](https://www.filmibee.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/KingCoal-Still2-GabrielleWilsonLanieMarsh.jpg)
Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s Documentary Is An Atmospheric, Evocative Elegy For Central Appalachia [Sundance]
This is “a place of mountains and myths,” we’re told as a montage of Central Appalachian imagery fills the frame. The mists, buffalo, ferns, and flowing waters intercut with the coal-filled mountains and mining towns that grew up around them.…
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Toxic Alien Zombie Babes From Outer Space
The schlock is in full display in Toxic Alien Zombie Babes From Outer Space, a movie filmed throughout the Covid lockdowns by people around the world, all coordinated by director Gerardo Chierchia. It’s a gleeful, gamboling bit of cinema that has…
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Justin Chon’s Showcases A Complex Father/Son Relationship In Drama With Momentum Issues [Sundance]
There is no shortage of stories about fathers and their kids, specifically sons. But in Justin Chon’s (“Gook,” “Ms. Purple”) film, “Jamojaya,” the relationship becomes bogged down with the added aspect of career and ambition. There’s the duty that a…
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Hayley Law Is Tremendous In Avan Jogia’s Vivid Neo-Noir
Home Movie Reviews Door Mouse Review: Hayley Law Is Tremendous In Avan Jogia's Vivid Neo-Noir If there is any justice, Door Mouse will garner the attention it deserves for being a well-defined narrative brought to life effectively. Hayley Law in…
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