POV's latest dispatch from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival offers reviews for Philly D.A., Try Harder!, and Writing with Fire.
Keep ReadingReviews of My Name Is Pauli Murray, Sabaya, and Captains of Zataari from the Sundance Film Festival.
Keep ReadingReview of Sundance short documentaries including Dear Philadelphia, Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma, The Rifleman
Keep ReadingReviews of President, Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, and Searchers from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Keep ReadingRodney Ascher, best known for his look at Shining obsessives in Room 237, returns with another round of cinematic and philosophical indulgences in A Glitch in the Matrix. Focusing primarily on so-called
Keep ReadingReviewing Sundance docs At the Ready ("a rave and intimate portrait of America’s youths"), Homeroom ("conveys a sense of optimism"), and Taming the Garden (" striking, surreal').
Keep ReadingKevin Macdonald offers the ultimate COVID-19 supercut with Life in a Day 2020, but this crowd-sourced doc is a case of quantity over quality as the montage create a simplified portrait of
Keep Reading"Sparks is to be lauded because they never sold out. Another of my favourite bits in the documentary is when they talk about being asked to write some music that you can
Keep ReadingA standout selection at Sundance, Misha and the Wolves is a twist-upon-twist, reveal-after-after, jaw-on-the-floor thrill ride. It's a wild-but-true story masterfully told about the art of deception and the cost of lies.
Keep ReadingSundance 2021 winners include Flee and Summer of Soul with the Grand Jury Prizes for Documentary.
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