With Cordillera of Dreams, Documentarian Patricio Guzmán complete his trilogy contrasting the beauty of Chile’s landscapes with the horror of its recent …
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Mostly British Film Festival returns to SF for 2020
The 2020 Mostly British Film Festival kicked off last weekend in San Francisco with great films from the UK and beyond, including The Delinquent Season, Hearts …
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Sundance ’20 review: Aggie is a documentary about allyship
Catherine Gund's Aggie is both a celebration of an extraordinary woman, and a call to arms for the viewer to think about how they too can enact change. Read the …
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Sundance ’20 review: Romola Garai’s Amulet
Gothic horror Amulet is a promising directorial debut from actress Romola Garai, but the screenplay is too ambitious for its own good. Read the rest of our …
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Les Misérables and Just Mercy use classic texts to explore systemic racism
Rather than positioning Les Misérables and Just Mercy as retellings, Ladj Ly and Destin Daniel Cretton engage with modern France’s and America's relationships …
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Sundance Review: Charter is psychologically complex
Amanda Kernell's second feature, Charter, toys with the reliability of the protagonist's perspective, who is herself uncertain, in this psychologically complex …
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