#Sundance: Steph Curry Doc ‘Underrated’ Lights Up Fest With Standing Ovations on “Amazing Night” for NBA Star

#Sundance: Steph Curry Doc ‘Underrated’ Lights Up Fest With Standing Ovations on “Amazing Night” for NBA Star

Sundance: Steph Curry Doc ‘Underrated’ Lights Up Fest With Standing Ovations on “Amazing Night” for NBA Star The Sundance Film Festival got a heavy dose of Steph Curry on Monday night, hosting the world premiere of Stephen Curry: Underrated with the NBA superstar in attendance as he received multiple standing ovations and a hero’s welcome…

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#‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ Review: Apple TV+ Doc Offers an Unconventional Look at Basketball Stardom

#‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ Review: Apple TV+ Doc Offers an Unconventional Look at Basketball Stardom

‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ Review: Apple TV+ Doc Offers an Unconventional Look at Basketball Stardom Peter Nicks’ documentary Stephen Curry: Underrated, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, begins with NBA Hall-of-Famer Reggie Miller reading from a withering scouting report for Stephen Curry. The report, written about the Davidson star ahead of the NBA draft, questions Curry’s…

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#‘Shortcomings’ Review: A Charming Cast Backs Randall Park’s So-So Directorial Debut

#‘Shortcomings’ Review: A Charming Cast Backs Randall Park’s So-So Directorial Debut

‘Shortcomings’ Review: A Charming Cast Backs Randall Park’s So-So Directorial Debut There’s a rather clever wink-wink opening to actor Randall Park’s debut feature as a director, Shortcomings, which, when all is said and done, mostly fails to deliver on its promise. A young couple, the aspiring filmmaker, Ben (Justin H. Min), and his girlfriend, Miko…

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#Sundance: John Carney’s Musical Drama ‘Flora and Son’ Sells to Apple in M-Plus Deal

#Sundance: ‘Sing Street’ Filmmaker John Carney Returns to the Movies With Musical Ode to Mothers ‘Flora and Son’

Sundance: ‘Sing Street’ Filmmaker John Carney Returns to the Movies With Musical Ode to Mothers ‘Flora and Son’ John Carney made his long-awaited return to Sundance, and to the movies, with the Sunday premiere of Flora and Son, his first feature since 2016’s Sing Street. A musical charmer in the mold of filmmaker’s previous hits,…

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#‘Joonam’ Review:  A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity

#‘Joonam’ Review: A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity

‘Joonam’ Review: A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity Sierra Urich has a documentary-ready family history, with changes rippling through the generations. Her mother, Mitra, left Iran for college in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1979, just months before the Islamic revolution deposed the Shah and put the Ayatollah Khomeini in power. Mitra’s mother, Behjat, had to…

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#Sundance: Barry Jenkins Recalls Directing Intimate ‘Moonlight’ Scenes

#Sundance: Barry Jenkins Recalls Directing Intimate ‘Moonlight’ Scenes

Sundance: Barry Jenkins Recalls Directing Intimate ‘Moonlight’ Scenes Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins took the stage inside Park City’s Egyptian Theatre on Sunday afternoon to share the spotlight with author Lisa Taddeo, renowned intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien and Couples Therapy star Dr. Orna Guralnik to talk all things intimacy for an official Sundance Film Festival panel,…

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