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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “R#J” & “A Glitch In the Matrix”

R#J: Every generation gets its Romeo & Juliet. In Carey Williams’ R#J, the words of Shakespeare are only occasionally heard. Instead, these extremely up-to-date Capulets and Montagues communicate almost ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Passing,” “Street Gang” & “Mass”

PASSING: The actress Rebecca Hall has taken a big swing in her writing/directing debut. Her film Passing, based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, embraces ambitious, difficult themes with sensitivity and expertise.�...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Human Factors,” “Cryptozoo” & “How It Ends”

HUMAN FACTORS: Is Ronny Trocker’s Human Factors intended as a political allegory? The married couple at its center are the German Jan (Mark Waschke) and the French Nina (Sabine Timoteo), and there’s a plo...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “CODA” & “Censor”

A year ago, the idea of a “virtual film festival” would have seemed extremely far-fetched, but it’s become a regular practice in pandemic times. The latest festival to take this path is Sundance, whic...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Save Yourselves!” & “The Fight”

SAVE YOURSELVES! (no distrib): A moderately amusing sketch that doesn’t quite have the heft for feature length. Writer/directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson satirize Brooklyn hipsters and sci-fi in t...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Sergio” & “Lost Girls”

SERGIO (Netflix – April 17): Greg Barker’s film has an unusual pedigree. Barker, up to this point a documentarian, directed a nonfiction version of the same story (and with the same title) in 2009, but de...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Reviews: “The Father,” “Nine Days” & “The Glorias”

THE FATHER (Sony Classics – TBD): It’s probably foolhardy to start making predictions about next year’s Oscars when this year’s haven’t even been handed out yet, but it’s hard to ima...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Reviews: “The Nest,” “Wendy” & “Sylvie’s Love”

THE NEST (no distrib): Sean Durkin’s first feature since 2011’s Martha Marcy May Marlene presents its emotions with such high-intensity beams that it often feels as though the film is going to slip into the...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Promising Young Woman,” “Four Good Days” & “Zola”

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (Focus/Universal – April 17): Emerald Fennell’s feature-film writing/directing debut has antecedents as old as the 1973 TV-movie The Girl Most Likely To… (co-written by Joan Rive...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Worth,” “Dream Horse” & “Uncle Frank”

WORTH (no distrib): A dry but fascinating angle on the story of 9/11, Worth centers on the real-life Ken Feinberg (Michael Keaton), an attorney with a very specific expertise: he and his firm calculated and negotiate...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Lucy In the Sky”

LUCY IN THE SKY (Fox Searchlight/Disney – October 4): Lucy In the Sky may be Noah Hawley’s first feature film, but he’s already establishing himself as quite the overdirector. Hawley’s X-Men o...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Jojo Rabbit” & “Seberg”

JOJO RABBIT (Fox Searchlight – October 4): The discourse about Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit has quickly become a debate between those who think its Nazi-era black comedy is authentically daring, and those wh...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Waves” & “Uncut Gems”

WAVES (A24 – November 1): Trey Edward Shults’ third film (after the micro-budgeted indie Krisha and the horror movie They Come By Night) manages the remarkable feat of feeling both experimental and grounded...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Joker” & “Harriet”

JOKER (Warners – October 4): One’s perception of Todd Phillips’ JOKER may depend in part on the context in which one sees it. In the 11 years since Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, the MCU...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Ford vs. Ferrari” & “The Laundromat”

FORD VS. FERRARI (20th Century Fox/Disney – November 15): If the Academy decides to award James Mangold’s Ford vs. Ferrari, which is certainly a possibility, it will be able to have some metaphorical cake a...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “R#J” & “A Glitch In the Matrix”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Passing,” “Street Gang” & “Mass”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Human Factors,” “Cryptozoo” & “How It Ends”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “CODA” & “Censor”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Save Yourselves!” & “The Fight”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Sergio” & “Lost Girls”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Reviews: “The Father,” “Nine Days” & “The Glorias”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Reviews: “The Nest,” “Wendy” & “Sylvie’s Love”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Promising Young Woman,” “Four Good Days” & “Zola”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Reviews: “Worth,” “Dream Horse” & “Uncle Frank”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Lucy In the Sky”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Jojo Rabbit” & “Seberg”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Waves” & “Uncut Gems”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Joker” & “Harriet”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Ford vs. Ferrari” & “The Laundromat”

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