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THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS First Trailer: Marvel’s First Superhero Team is Back in Retro-Action This Summer
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The first trailer for Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps was released this morning. Due for release this Summer this is our first look at the latest stab at depicting the first superhero team created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee....
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Sundance Review: LUZ is an Emotionally Detached Mood Piece Searching for Connection
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With an evocative opening-credits sequence as the camera swirls through a virtual landscape of neon signs and lights, one might think they are witnessing the beginning of the next Gaspar Noé film. Thankfully what follows in Flora Lau’s second feature...
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Sundance Review: Seeds is a Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders
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Evoking Gordon Park’s black-and-white photographs of the New Deal Era, cinematographer Brittany Shyne’s powerful debut feature Seeds offers a portrait of a disappearing way of life for Black farmers in the American South. Its casual approach mostly reflects rhythms of...
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Sundance Review: In Omaha, a Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip
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Early one morning, a single father and widower (John Magaro)––credited as Dad––wakes up his perceptive nine-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and mischievous six-year-old Charlie (Wyatt Solis) and asks them to pack a suitcase as quickly as they can. Everyone is...
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Sundance Review: André Is an Idiot is a Noble Document of a Dumb Decision
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There is an unbridled honesty to André Is an Idiot that is admirable, even if all of it doesn’t really work. It’s a simple, stark subject for a documentary: accomplished advertising creative André Ricciardi neglected to get a colonoscopy at...
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Interview: Yuxuan Ethan Wu – Death Education / 2025 Sundance Film Festival
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Among the select few documentary short films chosen for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is Death Education, a poignant story set in China in places we don’t always associate with the final resting place. Following a high school teacher who...
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‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: An Irreverent Comedy About the Loss of an Irreverent Mind
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Tony Benna’s film is a consistently hilarious look at the ridiculousness of living with cancer. The post ‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: An Irreverent Comedy About the Loss of an Irreverent Mind appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Devastatingly Funny Look at Rebuilding After Trauma
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This is an unrelentingly funny movie that happens to be about the after-effects of sexual assault. The post ‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Devastatingly Funny Look at Rebuilding After Trauma appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Atropia’ Review: Haily Gates’s Anti-War Satire Lacks Gravitas, and Appropriately So
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In its messy unreality, the film finds something profoundly simple in the trivial. The post ‘Atropia’ Review: Haily Gates’s Anti-War Satire Lacks Gravitas, and Appropriately So appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Rose Byrne Proves Anxiety Is a Mother
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The film is a tonal rollercoaster navigating wild swings with pinpoint precision. The post ‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Rose Byrne Proves Anxiety Is a Mother appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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