#Doc Lends Humanity to Fraught Subject – /Film

#Doc Lends Humanity to Fraught Subject – /Film

“#Doc Lends Humanity to Fraught Subject – /Film” Wearing bulky Kevlar vests and bulletproof helmets, a squadron of law enforcement personnel prepare to enter a residence. It’s an image that is primed to make one automatically raises one’s hackles — given the sociopolitical landscape in the past 10, 20 years, we know exactly how this…

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#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film

#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film

“#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film” 13 is a hard age. No longer a child, not yet an adult, and nowhere to channel that teen angst, which is even rawer for angry delinquent Sammy Ko (Miya Cech), who is struggling to overcome the grief over losing her mother. So Sammy breaks things at her…

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#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film

#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film

“#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film” “Dying isn’t simple is it?” Masao (Steve Iwamoto) is on his death bed, unwilling — or unable — to reckon with his debilitating sickness, even as his estranged children and grandchildren flit around and away from his bedside. The only presence that has stuck by his side the…

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#The Best Movies We Saw at Sundance 2021

#The Best Movies We Saw at Sundance 2021

“#The Best Movies We Saw at Sundance 2021” Congratulations to the Sundance Film Festival on an amazing virtual event, with its incredible films, a remarkable screening system, and record-breaking distribution deals! Among us — including five FSR contributors (Rob, Brianna, Shea, Luke, and Mary Beth) and one representing our sister site, Nonfics (Christopher) — we covered…

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#The Frustrating Beauty of The World to Come

#The Frustrating Beauty of The World to Come

“#The Frustrating Beauty of The World to Come” Mona Fastvold’s The World To Come is another addition to the sad lesbian period piece canon that has become an audience favorite over the last decade. Adapting from Jim Shepard’s short story of the same name, Fastvold places this romance in frontier America, an isolated and claustrophobic…

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#Together Together Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

#Together Together Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film

“#Together Together Review: Sundance 2021 – /Film” Together Together is a love story – kind of. This is not the typical romantic love story that Hollywood usually pumps out; it’s a story about platonic love. About finding a connection with another human being that isn’t based on seduction or romance. And that’s refreshing! More stories…

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