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SUNDANCE 2024 AWARDS: ‘In The Summers,’ ‘Sujo,’ and ‘Daughters’ Top The Winners List

M.J. O'Toole — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:57:14 +0000

The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the Jury and Audience award winners for its 2024 edition. The U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury prize went to first-time director Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers, about two sisters who navigate their loving but volatile […]

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Hammer to Nail’s Guide to the Best Indie Streamers

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:33:53 +0000

If you found yourself canceling all your subscriptions to certain streaming services lately, that doesn’t mean you have to devoid yourselves of outstanding films of the past and present. So if you’re looking to expand your palette with more independent […]

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FIRST COW

Matt Delman — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:42:50 +0000

Reichardt has been lambasted before for her deliberate pacing, but here the details build a sense of momentum and progress. It’s easy to be sucked into a world that seems so distant, despite being in our own backyard only two hundred years ago.

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LEAVE NO TRACE

Christopher Reed — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:42:45 +0000

Leave No Trace ultimately engages with both its showcase of two fine actors at the peak of their game and its beautiful images. Indeed, it leaves more than a trace, but a lasting impression.

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ON THE FRINGE, PART SEVEN: SHOTGUN STORIES (2007)

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:05:14 +0000

Jeff Nichols’ award-winning directorial debut Shotgun Stories is a flawless film. This quality is a crucial distinction to make in discussing a film as part of my continuing “On theFringe” series, as this factor sets the movie apart from its (predecessor) compatriot pictures […]

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LOW DOWN

Mike S. Ryan — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:16:56 +0000

Based on a memoir by Amy Jo Albany, Low Down is firmly set in the space of functional addiction; it neither glorifies the act nor demonizes it, while at the same time dramatizing the price it takes on a father and daughter relationship.

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WINTER’S BONE

Michael Tully — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:00:35 +0000

(Winter’s Bone won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It is being distributed by Roadside Attractions and is now available on DVD or Blu-ray. It opened in New York City […]

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SUNDANCE 2010: Tully’s Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:58:57 +0000

From the moment one set foot in Park City for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it became quite clear that the powers-that-be were using the departure of longtime festival director Geoffrey Gilmore as a subconscious marketing tool. Though the ad […]

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MIKE S. RYAN AT SUNDANCE ‘10: DAY TWO

Mike S. Ryan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:21:08 +0000

I saw six films Saturday the 23rd. Actually I walked out on Boy since I don t like films that rely on cute kids and/or cute animals. Boy is directed with punchy quirky energy by Taika Waititi, who made Eagle […]

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ROOM

Michael Tully — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:23:36 +0000

(Watch a high resolution trailer for Room here and then buy it on DVD.) Since 9/11, there has been a spate of independent films in which outsiders find themselves lost and adrift in New York City. While these films share […]

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