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Katie Duggan

February 16, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘Searchers’ Review: Love Through the Looking-Glass (or Phone Screen)

Pacho Velez’s portrait of a diverse bunch of seekers on dating apps may be a little skeptical of online romance, but celebrates the universal desire for companionship.…

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February 15, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘Mass’ Review: Four Characters In Search of Salvation

Two sets of parents discuss tragedy and blame in a riveting single-location, real-time drama.…

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February 12, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ Review: Fearsome Loneliness Through a Teen Girl’s Webcam

This internet horror coming-of-age tale explores the danger of online role-playing and the power of digital self-creation.…

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February 10, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘John and the Hole’ Review: Staring Into the Abyss with Nothing Staring Back

Advertisements 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers a hole — an unfinished bunker — in his backyard, and it becomes a sort of playground for him. But the fun he has in mind is rather disturbing. He drugs his parents (Michael C. Hall…

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February 9, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘El Planeta’ Review: A Mother and Daughter Create A World Built on Scams

This mother-daughter comedy of scams, schemes, and economic precarity is full of eccentricity, but not quite enough to sustain the experience.…

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February 9, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘Strawberry Mansion’ Review: A Fantastical Anti-Consumerist Fever Dream

This surreal fantasy of a dream auditor perfectly captures the bizarre logic and beautiful nonsense of dreaming.…

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February 8, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: An Electric Tribute to Musical Experimentation

Edgar Wright’s documentary debut is a firecracker of a music film celebrating the pop duo Sparks.…

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February 4, 2021

Sundance 2021 ‘Cryptozoo’ Review – A Psychedelic, Stylish Menagerie Lacking Emotional Depth

This animated tale imagines a world full of mythical creatures, yet fails to fully find its magic.…

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January 31, 2021

Sundance 2021: ‘CODA’ Makes Music of Movement and the Mundane In Its Portrait of Deaf Life

This drama in both ASL and English about a child of Deaf adults celebrates family and the beauty of visual and cinematic language.…

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January 26, 2021

‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: A Fascinating Look at a Pre-Packaged Paradise

This documentary about a mega retirement community in Florida is an artfully composed, dystopian look at a so-called heaven on earth.…

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