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  • Reinas
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    ‘Reinas’: Sundance Review 4x6d5e

    2024-01-23T04:45:00Z 234b72

    Tender tale of two adolescent girls reconnecting with their father in turbulent 1990s Peru

  • Brief History Of A Family
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    ‘Brief History Of A Family’: Sundance Review 3g5h17

    2024-01-22T06:00:00Z

    Remarkably assured debut from China is a hard-to-pin-down blend of genre influences

  • Sebastian
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    ‘Sebastian’: Sundance Review e505o

    2024-01-22T04:00:00Z

    An young Scottish writer living in London embarks on a raunchy, liberating double-life

  • Handling The Undead
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    ‘Handling The Undead’: Sundance Review 2y3t4v

    2024-01-21T07:29:00Z

    The dead return to life during a hot Oslo summer in this adaptation of the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist 

  • Girls Will Be Girls
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    ‘Girls Will Be Girls’: Sundance Review r434w

    2024-01-21T04:30:00Z

    Naive Indian teenager navigating her first relationship looks to be a Sundance breakout 

  • Sujo
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    ‘Sujo’: Sundance Review r143a

    2024-01-19T22:00:00Z

    A Mexican boy must fight against the temptation of local gangs in this satisfying drama

  • Scrapper
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    ‘Scrapper’: Sundance Review 6r4kg

    2023-01-30T06:30:00Z

    Harris Dickinson stars in this Sundance award-winning drama about a grieving 12-year-old who attempts to reconnect with her father 

  • Sorcery
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    ‘Sorcery’: Sundance Review 2v523

    2023-01-22T21:15:00Z

    A young girl attempts to avenge her father’s death in this Chilean drama based on real events

  • When It Melts
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    ‘When It Melts’: Sundance Review 61306k

    2023-01-22T03:00:00Z

    A woman confronts her challenging past in this Belgian debut from actor-turned-filmmaker Veerle Baetens

  • MAMACRUZ
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    ‘Mamacruz’: Sundance Review v2q40

    2023-01-21T06:35:00Z

    Spanish comedy/drama features veteran Kiti Manver as a middle-aged woman exploring her sexuality

  • Heroic
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    ‘Heroic’: Sundance Review 185t1x

    2023-01-21T02:30:00Z

    A Mexican military cadet is forced to endure an environment of violence and abuse in David Zonana’s second feature

  • Animalia
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    ‘Animalia’: Sundance Review 6t5g1l

    2023-01-20T20:35:00Z

    A wealthy, heavily pregnant woman experiences a crisis of faith in this enigmatic Morocco-set debut

  • Shayda
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    ‘Shayda’: Sundance Review 3t2f65

    2023-01-20T05:45:00Z

    In Australia, an Iranian immigrant fights for her life and her daughter in Noora Niasari’s powerful, semi-autobiographical debut

  • The Cow Who Sang Into The Future
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    ‘The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future’: Sundance Review 5h51m

    2022-01-31T11:17:00Z

    Ambitious magical-realist tale from Chile about motherhood and the natural world

  • Brian and Charles
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    ‘Brian And Charles’: Sundance Review 4v6026

    2022-01-30T20:00:00Z

    British director Jim Archer extends his award-winning short into a warm-hearted comedy

  • Utama
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    ‘Utama (Our Home)’: Sundance Review 6u5i5c

    2022-01-29T23:35:00Z

    Visually arresting love story from Bolivia

  • Girl Picture
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    ‘Girl Picture’: Sundance Review 3k23

    2022-01-25T01:20:00Z

    A trio of Finnish women search for satisfaction in Alli Haapasalo’s second solo film

  • Dos Estaciones
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    ‘Dos Estaciones’: Sundance Review 3b4x4x

    2022-01-24T21:35:00Z

    The machinations of a Mexican tequila factory make for compelling dramatic intrigue

  • You Won't Be Alone
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    ‘You Won’t Be Alone’: Sundance Review 4imh

    2022-01-23T15:34:00Z

    Startling feature debut from Goran Stolevski carries all the magic of its witch protagonist

  • Klondike
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    ‘Klondike’: Sundance Review 2p4g6c

    2022-01-21T21:05:00Z

    Husband and wife clash in the wreckage on war-torn Ukrainian/Russian border