A Coming-of-Old-Age Film: An Interview with the Director of Lan’s Garden

A Coming-of-Old-Age Film: An Interview with the Director of Lan’s...
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Following Lan, the aging matriarch of a Chinese-American family, Lan’s Garden is a story of connection in whatever form it takes. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Invisible Nation

Slamdance Film Review: Invisible Nation
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Invisible Nation’s 85-minute runtime does not linger on cliche storytelling, where it could easily drive the tone into make-believe propaganda.  … read more

Slamdance Review: All I’ve Got & Then Some

Slamdance Review: All I’ve Got & Then Some
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All I’ve Got & Then Some is a beautifully filmed and inspirational story that just needs to tighten its screws and narrow its path a little. … read more

Sundance Film Review: My Old Ass

Sundance Film Review: My Old Ass
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In My Old Ass, Elliot meets her older self during a mushroom trip the summer before she leaves for college. … read more

Sundance Film Review: How to Have Sex

Sundance Film Review: How to Have Sex
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How to Have Sex is a shockingly realistic portrayal of how young girls are first introduced to the trap of sexual hedonism and the relationship between social pressure and blurry consent. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Winner

Sundance Film Review: Winner
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Winner is the story of Reality Winner, a Capitol Hill misfit who becomes an unlikely whistleblower for exposing Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Love and Work

Slamdance Film Review: Love and Work
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Love and Work is about shoe factory hopefuls Diane and Fox, two people who love to work in a world where employment is outlawed. … read more

Sundance Film Review: A Real Pain

Sundance Film Review: A Real Pain
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In A Real Pain, two cousins reunite after their grandmother’s death for a trip to Poland, where old family tensions resurface. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Outrun

Sundance Film Review: The Outrun
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The Outrun follows Saoirse Ronan’s character Rona through a cycle of victories and relapses as she seeks out a personal reset that will stick. … read more

Black to the Future: Celia C. Peters Talks Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized

Black to the Future: Celia C. Peters Talks Afrofuturism: Blackness...
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Celia C. Peters believes that Afrofuturism can take many different forms, and that what storytellers choose to do with it is wide open.  … read more