movie reviews 2019
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Sundance 2023: Bravo, Burkina!, Divinity, To Live and Die and Live | Festivals & Awards
Shot by Jake Saner, this is a movie that constantly flows—its handheld camera is always walking into its compelling framings or…
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The Ark is a Modest Adventure of Clever Pseudo-Science
Created by Dean Devlin for SYFY and Peacock, “The Ark” takes place sometime soon, when Earth’s prospects ain’t looking so…
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Sundance 2023: Kokomo City, Twice Colonized, Little Richard: I Am Everything | Festivals & Awards
The women interviewed here—Liyah Mitchell, Dominque Silver, Koko Da Doll, and Daniella Carter—are scholars of their experience. Smith empowers them throughout,…
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Maybe I Do movie review & film summary (2023)
Set throughout two nights (plus a coda scene at the end), Jacobs’ film can never shake its stage roots, introducing…
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Sundance 2023: Shortcomings, The Accidental Getaway Driver | Festivals & Awards
Park is on his way to finding a distinct attitude of his own as a filmmaker and kicks his debut…
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Sundance 2023: The Persian Version, Mutt | Festivals & Awards
The events in Leila’s life, involving her own surprise and the waning health of her father Ali Reza (Bijan Daneshmand),…
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Sundance 2023: A Little Prayer, Eileen, Bad Behaviour
Famous faces pop up in three very different films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, all of them doing their…
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Sundance 2023: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Fancy Dance, The Starling Girl | Festivals & Awards
Jackson moves through the life of a young woman in the rural South at different phases of her life, allowing…
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Sundance 2023: 20 Days in Mariupol, Pianoforte | Festivals & Awards
“20 Days in Mariupol,” premiering as part of the festival’s World Cinema Documentary competition, is the feature-length compilation of what…
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When You Finish Saving The World movie review (2023)
Evelyn’s teenage son Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard) is awkward and arrogant (a terrible combo, although not so out of the ordinary).…
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