Who doesn’t like to feel good after a movie? Even in the face of what I venture to believe is a universal truth (feeling good, is good), it seems as if the “feel-good” movie often…
Sundance Film Festival
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Streaming DramaStreaming Reviews
‘Monster’ Is Mostly Good but Falls Short of Being Profound
by Aubrey McKayby Aubrey McKayI find myself thinking about 2017’s Get Out, a lot. It being one of the best movies made in my lifetime aides to that, but I often find myself reflecting on Jordan Peele’s decision in…
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DramaReviews
‘The Killing of Two Lovers’: An Undercooked Yet Intermittently Effective Character Study
David, a husband and father of four desperately attempts to keep his family intact during a tense separation from his wife in The Killing of Two Lovers. The couple agrees to see other people, but…
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DocumentaryReviews
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Sparks Brothers’
by Liam Trumpby Liam TrumpEdgar Wright is by far one of the greatest filmmakers of the generation. His films offer a style that’s completely his own, and the reception his films receive reflects it. One of the most notable…
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DocumentaryReviews
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘At The Ready’
by Aubrey McKayby Aubrey McKayPolicing in Modern America is in a complicated place. The institution has, rightfully so, come under fire for outdated practices and negative interactions with minorities. What was at one time among the noblest professions, has…
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ComedyDramaReviews
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘On the Count of Three’
by Aubrey McKayby Aubrey McKayJerrod Carmichael is brilliant. I don’t mean that in the hyperbolic, reductive way that many use way too often. The way he tells a story is unique and profound. How he crafts his humor, by…
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A sad fact of this life is the inevitability of hurting someone we care about. There is no real way around it, and with that hurt comes the concept of reconciliation. We’ve all hurt someone,…
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Diverting from the bubbly, fun theatrics of the stage musical-turned-film Mamma Mia! and the engaging, nuanced study of one of Great Britain’s most polarizing prime ministers, in the form of a Margaret Thatcher biopic, The…
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Retrospectives
Did ‘Catfish’ Open our Eyes to the Risks of Online Dating?
by Cammy Maddenby Cammy MaddenIt’s been 10 years since the release of Catfish. Since then, we’ve watched as society’s view of internet dating has flipped. At one time, finding a partner online was essentially considered a final resort for…
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In January of 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival, I saw a film that I was convinced was going to resonate wide and far in Martha Stephens melancholic coming-of-age film To The Stars. The film…
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Horse Girl is the latest film in the Jeff Baena/Alison Brie collaboration, though it is the first to be co-written by Brie. The pair have clearly found their creative stride together and Horse Girl is further…
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Throughout the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, members of the MovieBabble staff will share their initial thoughts on premieres, panels, and any other experiences they have. Prepare for some hot takes, sleep-deprived musings, and everything in…
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At Williamstown, Massachusetts, this fourth of July, the local independent movie theater, Images Cinema, displayed a collection of short films that premiered at Sundance this year, currently being shown in a number of theaters around…
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Reviews
Who Is Thomasin McKenzie? — The Breakout Star of ‘Leave No Trace’
by Anna Scaifeby Anna ScaifeYou may not have heard the name Thomasin McKenzie but it won’t be long before you are seeing her everywhere. McKenzie’s performance in Leave No Trace (2018) is receiving rave reviews after debuting at the Sundance Film…
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