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FAMILY PORTRAIT

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SUNDANCE SHORT 2005 REVIEW! Director Patricia Riggen has crafted a quietly moving film that is simultaneously devastating and inspiring…

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FAMILY PORTRAIT

At Sundance ‘05, as in many ones psat, the underprivileged feature prominently in documentaries both long and short. One of the more powerful ones that...

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CRY FOR HELP

Nicholas McCarthy’s “Cry for Help” is equal parts horror and comedy, telling the story of a young man, an unbalanced hippie, and the Rapture. Tiring...

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ESTES AVENUE

On Estes Avenue, like any other avenue in any other neighborhood, it’s just another Sunday. The calm-voiced narrator leads us around the area, first to a...

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STEAL ME

Ah, the life of a 15-year-old homeless kleptomaniac. After arriving in a small town in Montana, Jake gets to live with a happy, friendly family, have sex...

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5TH WORLD

This year, Sundance has removed the long-existing, if not popular, Native Forum category, which promoted dialogue between indigenous people and the...

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ROOM

If you want an idea of what to expect from “Room,” think “Pi” without the filling. Writer-director Kyle Henry’s debut feature is a tedious tease...

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PRETTY PERSUASION

“Pretty Persuasion” kills itself with unrestrained negativism, but almost resuscitates itself with some great comedy. Unfortunately, the story of...

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HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS SPENT THEIR SUMMER

It almost sounds like a parody of your typical Sundance feature: three generations of single Mexican-American women learn (or re-learn) to love and be...

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DRUM

Even in times of gross injustice, moments of humanity find a way of sneaking through. Film has always had a special power to emotionally communicate this,...

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LOVE AND LAUNDRY

“Love and Laundry” is a trifling Hallmark card of a film, a love letter of sorts from an old Cuban man to his wife of 60 years. It would make a sweet...

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