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Sundance 2025: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley; Heightened Scrutiny; Third Act
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On three docs from Sundance, including one about an essential artist of his generation.
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‘Heart Eyes’ Review: My Bloody Valentine
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Instead of trying to rewrite the book of love, Heart Eyes is more than happy to abide by it. The post ‘Heart Eyes’ Review: My Bloody Valentine appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival: Jianjie Lin, Lennert Madou & Dominic Yarabe Among Our Top Shorts
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For the second consecutive year, we reviewed all the shorts from the eight program lineups that make up the Short Film selections and narrowed down our top ten best shorts from a total of 57 (out of 11,153 submissions). While...
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‘Twinless’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Is Outstanding in James Sweeney’s Funny and Twisted Comedy
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This crafty friendship comedy plumbs unanticipated emotional and thematic depths. The post ‘Twinless’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Is Outstanding in James Sweeney’s Funny and Twisted Comedy appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Sundance 2025 Review: SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE), Underachieving Lake Michigan Drama
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Quartet of stories unfolding during a summer on Lake Michigan makes for an underachieving drama. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ira Sachs’s Intimate Celebration of an Artist’s Bohemian Ethos
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Sach’s film attests Hujar’s devotion to exploring the relationship between high and low culture. The post ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ira Sachs’s Intimate Celebration of an Artist’s Bohemian Ethos appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Sundance 2025 Review: THE LEGEND OF OCHI, Family-Oriented Fantasy-Adventure For the Win
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After two decades directing shorts, commercials, and music videos, writer-director Isaiah Saxon makes his official feature-length debut with The Legend of Ochi, a richly imagined, Amblin-influenced family-oriented fantasy-adventure set in a semi-contemporary mythical Eastern Europe.   Bolstered by  environmental themes,...
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HEART EYES Review: This Gooey Rom-Com Slasher Really Hits The Spot
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Love is in the air in Heart Eyes, the new Valentine's Day slasher from director Josh Ruben. Unfortunately for the cute couples of the world, this also means that a serial killer with a thing for young lovers is on...
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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: A Damning Look at the Consequences of Stand Your Ground Laws
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Geeta Gandbhir’s film is a trenchant indictment of laws that facilitate white vigilantism. The post ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: A Damning Look at the Consequences of Stand Your Ground Laws appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Sundance 2025 Review: SORRY, BABY, Trauma Recovery Drama Elevated by Eva Victor’s Writing, Directing, Acting
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Nurtured by Pastel, Barry Jenkins’ production company, Eva Victor (Billions) wrote, directed, and stars in Sorry, Baby, one of the most remarkable, quite possibly extraordinary feature-film debuts in recent festival history.   To turn her screenplay into reality, Victor spent...
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