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Sundance 2024: Sugarcane

DezbotJanuary 30, 2024January 30, 2024

by Dezbot

Review by Désirée Guzzetta Headline: “Sugarcane” A Hard But Necessary Watch CW: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse, rape, and other horrific acts The beginning of “Sugarcane,” a new documentary which premiered at the 2024 Sundance...

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Sundance 2024: Kieran Culkin Stars in Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’

JenJanuary 28, 2024

by Jen

Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2024 earlier this week. The comedy-drama follows mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to...

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Sundance 2024: Thelma Showcases June Squibb as an Unlikely Action Hero

JenJanuary 26, 2024January 26, 2024

by Jen

Thelma is the feature film debut for writer-director Josh Margolin. TNE watched the film as part of the Sundance Film Festival 2024, you will find our review after the synopsis below. When 93-year-old Thelma Post...

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Sundance 2022: ‘The Janes’ is an Important Documentary

JenFebruary 10, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

The Janes is a feature documentary about the Jane Collective, a group of women in Chicago in the late 1960s who helped women get illegal abortions. Abortion was illegal in the 1960s, which didn’t stop...

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Sundance 2022: Thandiwe Newton Shines in ‘God’s Country’

JenFebruary 9, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

God’s Country recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, a thriller starring Thandiwe Newton (Crash, Westworld). Directed by Julian Higgins (Thief, House M.D.), written by Higgins and Shaye Ogbonna (Lowlife). Sandra (Thandiwe Newton) is very...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Nanny’ is a Strong Debut from Nikyatu Jusu

JenFebruary 9, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Nanny won the US Grand Jury Prize Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. Written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu (Suicide by Sunlight), it is her first feature film. Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant, gets a...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Palm Trees and Power Lines’ is a Tough Watch but an Excellent Film

JenFebruary 8, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Director and co-writer Jamie Dack (Horizon Diner) won the US Dramatic Directing Award at the recent Sundance Film Festival for Palm Trees and Power Lines, a well-deserved award. Palm Trees and Power Lines sees a...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Am I OK?’ is Just OK

JenFebruary 8, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s directorial feature debut Am I OK? premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) and Jane (Sonoya Mizuno) are the best of friends, they pretty much know everything...

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Sundance 2022: Aubrey Plaza Thrills as ‘Emily the Criminal’

JenFebruary 7, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

Writer-director John Patton Ford makes his feature film debut with Emily the Criminal, which premiered at the recent Sundance Film Festival 2022. The film sees Emily (Aubrey Plaza) struggling with student debt and failing to...

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Sundance 2022: ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Proves to be a Crowd-pleaser

JenFebruary 2, 2022June 14, 2022

by Jen

From writer-director and lead actor Cooper Raiff (SHITHOUSE) comes Cha Cha Real Smooth, the story of a New Jersey party starter working the bar mitzvah circuit after college who meets his match in a suburban...

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