Sundance 2020
‘A Thousand Cuts’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
Ramona S. Diaz's 'A Thousand Cuts' follows the rise of strongman Rodrigo Duterte and the journalists who brave his intimidation.
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Berlin Adds Sundance Doc ‘Saudi Runaway’ to Panorama Lineup
The Berlin International Film Festival has added the documentary 'Saudi Runaway' from director Susanne Regina Meures to the 2020 Panorama sidebar lineup. The film uses covertly filmed smartphone footage to document a woman's life in Saudi Arabia and her attempt to flee the country.
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‘Acas?, My Home’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
THR review: A Bucharest family is forced to give up its off-the-grid way of life in 'Acas?, My Home,' a debut film that received the Sundance fest's World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography.
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‘Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
A young woman convicted of murder goes on Iranian TV to try to win a pardon in Massoud Bakhshi’s melodrama 'Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness,' which won the Grand Jury Prize in Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic category.
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Lena Waithe-Produced ‘The 40-Year-Old Version’ Lands at Netflix
Radha Blank's 'The 40-Year-Old Version,' which counts Lena Waithe as a producer, has been picked up by Netflix.
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Sundance: Amazon Studios Acquires Tessa Thompson Led Romance ‘Sylvie’s Love’
Amazon Studios has picked up Sundance love story 'Sylvie's Love,' starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha.
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‘Be Water’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
'Be Water,' Bao Nguyen's reverent documentary for ESPN, details the struggle of martial arts legend Bruce Lee to reshape representations of Asian men onscreen and the racial bias that held him back in Hollywood.
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‘Wander Darkly’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
Sienna Miller and Diego Luna explore the afterlife of their broken relationship in Tara Miele's supernaturally tinged drama 'Wander Darkly.'
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‘Save Yourselves!’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
In Alex H. Fischer & Eleanor Wilson's comedy 'Save Yourselves!,' the end of the world arrives just as a young couple (Sunita Mani and John Reynolds) embraces an off-the-grid getaway.
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‘Horse Girl’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
Jeff Baena's fourth film, 'Horse Girl,' stars Alison Brie as a homebody whose life has become a mystery.
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‘Charter’: Film Review | Sundance 2020
Swedish filmmaker Amanda Kernell's sophomore feature, 'Charter,' centers on a divorced woman's impulsive decision regarding her estranged children.
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Lana Wilson on Capturing a Changing Taylor Swift in Netflix Documentary ‘Miss Americana’
Documentarian Lana Wilson discusses being allowed into Taylor Swift's private world, filming the "extraordinary ordinary contradictions" and why she hired male production assistants for her all-female crew.
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