#Passing Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#Passing Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#Passing Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Clare (Ruth Negga) meet in the restaurant of a posh New York hotel, spotting each other from across the room. Irene mistakes Clare for a stranger at first, but as it turns out, the women grew up together. But as Irene looks Clare over during…

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#Boyd Holbrook Hunts Werewolves – /Film

#Boyd Holbrook Hunts Werewolves – /Film

“#Boyd Holbrook Hunts Werewolves – /Film” Werewolf stories frequently involve allegorical explorations of the duality of man: the clash between the “civilized” surface layer and the violent beast within. But unlike so many other films in this genre, writer/director Sean Ellis‘s new werewolf thriller Eight for Silver does not fixate on a gruesome physical transformation to illustrate that…

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#Dating App Doc About the Quest for Connection – /Film

#Dating App Doc About the Quest for Connection – /Film

“#Dating App Doc About the Quest for Connection – /Film” Shaq, a handsome 24-year-old, stares down the camera lens, grunting his approval or dismissal as he scrolls through online dating profiles. A friend sits nearby, looking over Shaq’s shoulder and offering occasional commentary: a raised eyebrow, a suggestion of approval. Shaq explains to an off-camera…

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#Wild Indian Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#Wild Indian Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#Wild Indian Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” “It’s not my fault Indians are a bunch of fucking liars and narcissists,” Michael says through gritted teeth, his voice shaking with rage. “We’re the descendants of cowards. Everyone worthwhile died fighting.” This rage is directed outward at someone else, but we can feel the self-loathing lurking beneath…

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#Knocking Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#Knocking Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#Knocking Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” Molly (Cecilia Milocco) has just left a mental institution and is ready to start over. Her new life takes her to an apartment complex, but as a heatwave sets in, this place of potential new beginnings turns ominous. There’s a strange, inexplicable knocking sound coming from the apartment above…

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#In the Earth Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#In the Earth Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#In the Earth Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” “People get a bit funny in the woods,” a character says early on in Ben Wheatley‘s In the Earth, and that line could double as the movie’s mantra. Like the filmmaker’s A Field in England, it follows characters lost in nature, slowly going out of their minds as they…

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#The Pink Cloud Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#The Pink Cloud Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#The Pink Cloud Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” Welcome to a world where people are stuck inside, quarantined against something deadly lurking beyond their doors and windows. No, it’s not the story of COVID-19 – it’s The Pink Cloud, a film shot in 2019, before many of us had any idea what the coronavirus even was;…

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#A Celebration of the “Black Woodstock” – /Film

#A Celebration of the “Black Woodstock” – /Film

“#A Celebration of the “Black Woodstock” – /Film” The 1969 Woodstock music festival, which featured performances by artists like Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and The Who, seared its way into the public consciousness almost immediately and became an almost mythical touchstone for the anti-establishment movement of the 1960s. But that same summer, 100 miles away,…

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