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Tag: 2020 Sundance Film Festival

‘Black Bear’ is Aubrey Plaza’s best performance to date | movie review

ComedyKarl DelossantosDecember 2, 2020
Aubrey Plaza in Black Bear
A young couple's relationship is thrown into turmoil when an enigmatic filmmaker moves in with them to try and complete her latest film in Black Bear. With its sharp script, interesting structure, and a watershed performance by Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear is a deliciously entertaining and satirical quasi-thriller romp about what it is to be…
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'The Night House' terrifies — Sundance review

HorrorKarl DelossantosJanuary 27, 20201
The Night House
Rebecca Hall plays a widow haunted by her dead husband in their lakehouse in The Night House The scares in The Night House come hard and fast, aided by director David Bruckner's masterful grasp of a dread-filled atmosphere. See all our reviews from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival here. What does a house feel like…
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‘The Father’ is Anthony Hopkins’ greatest performance in decades — Sundance review

DramaKarl DelossantosFebruary 13, 20201
The Father Sundance
The Father puts you in the shoes of a man (Anthony Hopkins) suffering from dementia as he tries to figure out what his reality truly is While Sundance has had a mixed track record in recent years as a platform to launch an Oscar contender, I have almost no doubt in my mind that Anthony…
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‘Minari’ grapples with the American dream | Sundance movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosJanuary 28, 2020
Minari Sundance
Minari follows a Korean-American family as the set down roots and builds a farm in rural Arkansas in the 1980s Minari is a beautifully told family drama about chasing the American dream and all the costs and beauty that entails. Terrifically acted by the entire cast, Minari is perhaps the best movie to come out…
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'Herself' rebuilds a woman's life — Sundance review

DramaKarl DelossantosJanuary 30, 2020
Herself Sundance
Herself follows a domestic abuse survivor and her two daughters as they literally rebuild their lives by building their own house See all our reviews from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival here. The opening scene of Phyllida Lloyd’s Irish drama Herself, which premiered in the World section at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, features a…
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‘Palm Springs’ will make you laugh, cry and repeat — Sundance review

ComedyKarl DelossantosJanuary 28, 2020
Palm Springs
Palm Springs updates the time loop comedy as two wedding guests get stuck repeating the wedding day over and over again Quick review: Palm Springs finds new life in the Groundhog Day-inspired time loop movie by bending the formula and finding both laughs and heart in a romantic comedy story anchored by great lead performance…
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'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' tackles our failure of women's healthcare — Sundance review

DramaKarl DelossantosJanuary 26, 2020
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Never Rarely Sometimes Always follows a teen girl from a small town as she journies to New York to get an abortion Quick review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a matter-of-factly told abortion drama that pulls no punches as it takes on the failings of our healthcare system — especially for women. In theaters March…
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