Around the World Starting in Sundance. Short reviews of documentaries from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including: Fantastic Machine, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, 20 Days in Mariupol, Five Seasons of Revolution and Milisuthando. #Sundance2023MEWS #movies https://offtheleash.net/2023/01/29/around-the-world-starting-in-sundance-pt-1/

Around the Workd Starting in Sundance. Short reviews of documentaries from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including: Fantastic Machine, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, 20 Days in Mariupol, Five Seasons of Revolution and Milisuthando. #Sundance2023MEWS #movies https://offtheleash.net/2023/01/29/around-the-world-starting-in-sundance-pt-1/

Eileen review – Anne Hathaway transfixes in off-kilter thriller
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Sundance film festival: the Oscar winner gives a pitch-perfect turn in an adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s hit novel that doesn’t push its weirdness far enoughThere’s ...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/22/eileen-review-anne-hathaway-thriller-sundance-film-festival

Polite Society review – inventive action comedy soars, then falters
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Sundance film festival: We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor’s initially refreshing film follows two sisters torn apart by impending marriage but a big swing is taken that sinks what followsP...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/22/polite-society-review-sundance

Cat Person review – viral short story becomes violent big screen thriller
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Sundance film festival: Kristen Roupenian’s nuanced internet-breaking story of modern dating is uneasily turned into a more literal horrorAs utterly inescapable as Kristen Roupenian’s viral, pop culture...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/22/cat-person-review-viral-short-story-becomes-violent-big-screen-thriller

Past Lives review – delicately sad romantic drama is a real achievement
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Sundance film festival: playwright Celine Song makes her film debut with a beautiful, aching story about childhood sweethearts reconnectingPlaywright Celine Song, who received ...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/22/past-lives-review-delicately-sad-romantic-drama-is-a-real-achievement

The Starling Girl review – Eliza Scanlen shines in transgressive coming of age drama
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Sundance film festival: the Sharp Objects star steals the spotlight as a 17-year-old fundamentalist Christian in an intoxicating, forbidden relationship with her older youth pastorThe...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/21/the-starling-girl-movie-review-eliza-scanlen-sundance-film-festival

‘I hope this triggers outrage’: surprise Brett Kavanaugh documentary premieres at Sundance
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Covertly-made Justice, from director Doug Liman, shows to sold-out audience and shines new light on allegations of sexual assaultA secretly made documentary expanding o...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/21/brett-kavanaugh-documentary-sundance-film-festival

Fair Play review – knockout thriller pits a couple against each other
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Sundance film festival: Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich give top-tier performances in a juicy crowd-pleaser about a couple competing at the same workplaceIn the first scene of the punchy Sundance...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/20/fair-play-review-knockout-thriller-pits-a-couple-against-each-other