#‘The Persian Version’ Review: An Effervescent Mother-Daughter Dramedy Spanning Decades, Continents and Cultures

#‘The Persian Version’ Review: An Effervescent Mother-Daughter Dramedy Spanning Decades, Continents and Cultures

‘The Persian Version’ Review: An Effervescent Mother-Daughter Dramedy Spanning Decades, Continents and Cultures Returning to Sundance, where her debut feature Circumstance premiered in 2011, Iranian-American writer-director Maryam Keshavarz enters the festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition with a crowd-pleasing quasi-autobiographical comedy-drama, The Persian Version. A multi-generational family tale that spans roughly 60 years, two continents and assorted…

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#‘Eileen’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Burn Up the Screen in Supremely Stylish Psychological Thriller

#‘Eileen’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Burn Up the Screen in Supremely Stylish Psychological Thriller

‘Eileen’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Burn Up the Screen in Supremely Stylish Psychological Thriller Anyone who saw William Oldroyd’s 2016 first feature, the blisteringly indecorous Victorian tragedy Lady Macbeth, will know not to expect anything ordinary from his long-awaited follow-up. But even with those expectations in mind, what a strange and spellbinding psychological…

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#‘Cat Person’ Review: Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun in a High-Wire Adaptation of the Viral New Yorker Short Story

#‘Cat Person’ Review: Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun in a High-Wire Adaptation of the Viral New Yorker Short Story

‘Cat Person’ Review: Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun in a High-Wire Adaptation of the Viral New Yorker Short Story Like most viral internet obsessions heralded as evidence of the zeitgeist, Kristen Roupenian’s “Cat Person” was more cultural litmus test than anything else. The short story, published in The New Yorker during the winter of 2017,…

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#Sundance: “Medical Incident” Causes Stir on Main Street During ‘Divinity’ World Premiere

#Sundance: “Medical Incident” Causes Stir on Main Street During ‘Divinity’ World Premiere

Sundance: “Medical Incident” Causes Stir on Main Street During ‘Divinity’ World Premiere There was plenty of buzz heading into Saturday night’s world premiere of Eddie Alcazar’s Divinity at Park City’s Egyptian Theatre, and by the time the screening ended, there were flashing red lights on the scene as well. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that a…

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#Sundance: ‘Theater Camp’ Debuts to Standing Ovation, Receives Second for Cast After Surprise Musical Performance

#Sundance: ‘Theater Camp’ Debuts to Standing Ovation, Receives Second for Cast After Surprise Musical Performance

Sundance: ‘Theater Camp’ Debuts to Standing Ovation, Receives Second for Cast After Surprise Musical Performance The Sundance Film Festival raised the curtain on Theater Camp Saturday afternoon, presenting the world premiere of the feel-good mockumentary made by four best friends, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman. The audience inside Park City’s Eccles…

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#‘The Eternal Memory’ Review: A Moving Chronicle of a Marriage Challenged by Alzheimer’s

#‘The Eternal Memory’ Review: A Moving Chronicle of a Marriage Challenged by Alzheimer’s

‘The Eternal Memory’ Review: A Moving Chronicle of a Marriage Challenged by Alzheimer’s The heavily trafficked subgenre of the neurodegenerative disease drama can be so punishingly bleak it often feels like a thankless dive into misery. But every now and then a film comes along that illuminates such irreversible conditions with fresh perspectives. Mia Hansen-Løve…

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#‘5 Seasons of Revolution’ Review: Doc Movingly Chronicles a Young Generation of Syrian Reporters and Activists

#‘5 Seasons of Revolution’ Review: Doc Movingly Chronicles a Young Generation of Syrian Reporters and Activists

‘5 Seasons of Revolution’ Review: Doc Movingly Chronicles a Young Generation of Syrian Reporters and Activists Images of revolution tend to resemble one another over time: mass street protests, crackdowns by riot police, unarmed protestors risking their lives against the powers-that-be. We’ve seen most of them before, and yet each time we come across them…

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