sundance 2021

In the Same Breath

By Sabina Dana Plasse | August 2021

NEW TO HBO MAX! Director Nanfu Wang, a revered and celebrated Chinese filmmaker, narrates and presents the COVID-19 story from its origins in…

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NEW TO HBO MAX! Director Nanfu Wang, a revered and celebrated Chinese filmmaker, narrates and presents the COVID-19 story from its origins in Wuhan,...

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APPLE+ ORIGINAL! CODA, an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults, is a sweet and entertaining film from director Siân Heder, who previously helmed the Elliot...

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NEW TO HULU! I graduated from high school several decades ago, and now I have a child anxiously waiting to begin her high school experience. Peter Nicks'...

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FANTASIA FEST 2021 REVIEW! Casey (Anna Cobb) languishes in her room at the beginning of the stunning We Are All Going to the World's Fair. Amidst a...

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NEW IN THEATERS! I have lived in New York City for about 13 years, though it's not my home state. That would be Georgia, a totally different animal....

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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! How many of us over the past year joked we are living through the apocalypse? In the deepest moments of hyperbolic...

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NOW IN THEATERS! I love Edgar Wright. His films are all hilarious and brilliant. I also love Sparks. Every album of theirs I've listened to, which I have...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It is a feel-good documentary about a life well lived that is worth the time to watch....

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NEW TO HULU! Philippe Lacôte's dramatic feature, Night of the Kings, drops us squarely into the middle of Abidjan, Ivory Coast's infamous MACA prison. The...

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NEW TO HULU! A Glitch in the Matrix explores simulation theory, which is the notion that we could be living in a sophisticated computer simulation. While...

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