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Sundance Film Festival: ‘John And The Hole’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi John and the Hole directed by Pascual Sisto and written by Nicolás Giacobone is a dark, psychological thriller that doesn’t quite find its footing. The film begins with a young thirteen-year-old boy named John (Charlie Shotwell) who is completely emotionless. We see that there is tension with his parents and his sister because no one seems to even care about him. He … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘John And The Hole’ Review

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Sundance Film Festival – ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi As we all know Rita Moreno has always been a national treasure and her spirit is the most beautiful thing about her. Moreno has had such a lengthy career and after watching this deeply personal documentary, you realize just how much she has been through. Director Mariem Pérez Riera created a beautiful piece that focused on who she really was and it … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival – ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’ Review

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Sundance Film Festival ‘In The Same Breath’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi In the Same Breath directed by Nanfu Wang, accurately highlights the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wang navigates the spread of the pandemic from Wuhan to the United States and compares both countries. She starts with the rumours that began to spread in early December 2019, that there was a different strand of SARS. Doctors advised those who knew about the strand … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival ‘In The Same Breath’ Review

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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Summer Of Soul (… Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi Summer of Soul is Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson’s directorial debut and it was fantastic! The 1960s was a decade filled with pain, sorrow and change, necessary to move America forward. In 1969, during the same summer as Woodstock (which was documented in every history book) a different music festival took place miles away. The summer concert series was known as the Harlem Cultural … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Summer Of Soul (… Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)’ Review

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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Flee’ Review

By: Amanda Guarragi Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen is a very inventive, animated documentary feature. It blends archive footage, 80s pop music, a heartbreaking true story and hand-drawn craft, that brings audiences into the world of a teen, trying to flee multiple countries. The mixture of all these things breaks the constraints of documentary filmmaking and takes it to new heights. Rasmussen takes the … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival: ‘Flee’ Review

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