Studio filmmaking has been, unsurprisingly, slow to recognize the reality that romantic stories don't only come in one "boy meets girl" size. Studio filmmaking has been, unsurprisingly, slow to ...
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Every artist stands on the shoulders of giants, and comes to the act of creation having been inspired by those who came before. There's an oft-repeated quote—generally attributed, perhaps apoc...
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All things considered, it would be best for anyone to go into co-writer/director Mike Cheslik's rollicking comedy knowing as little as possible, because discovering just how inventive he's willi...
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The 2022 Missouri Girls State is taking place concurrently and on the same campus as the 2022 Missouri Boys State, which inspires some of the young women to question the differences between the ...
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It probably sounds like a kind of self-mythology for a film critic to suggest that some of the first movies he fell in love with as a kid were foreign films. It probably sounds like a kind of se...
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Is fantasy/adventure about three children who encounter danger while on a quest for ingredients for a special pie for one of their sick mothers. Writer/director Weston Razooli is a Park City nat...
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Writer/director Kobi Libii concocts the kind of satirical premise that easily could have tipped over into pedantic self-importance, but emerges with a deft enough touch to end up both entertaini...
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The 2024 Academy Awards are ready to roll on Sunday, March 10, offering an event that's kind of like the Super Bowl for movie nerds. The 2024 Academy Awards are ready to roll on Sunday, March 10...
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In this particular case, it's hard not to concede that the mission is accomplished. In case you were expecting that a movie titled Dune: Part Two would offer more narrative resolution than you c...
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The artistic separation of Joel and Ethan Coen has been hard on the kids—and by "the kids," I mean cinephiles who have adored their films for nearly 40 years. The artistic separation of Joel a...
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In a post- Walk Hard world, it is to the credit of director Reinaldo Marcus Green and his screenwriting team that their film biography of reggae legend Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) doesn't mak...
At times, co-writer/director Ilker Çatak's drama feels like a thoughtful character study, and at times it feels like a piece of social criticism The Teachers' Lounge At times, co-writer/directo...
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Beyond the movies themselves, the Sundance Film Festival is a vibe—and for the first time in four years, that vibe felt something like it did pre-COVID. Beyond the movies themselves, the Sunda...
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