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Read MoreReview: Wuthering Heights – “Jacob and Margot smoulder together on screen”
Director Emerald Fennell sets “Wuthering Heights” in quotes to signify how loose this adaptation of the book is. Set in mid-19th-century Yorkshire, the novel is famous for its contribution to Gothic literature, the tumultuous relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, and their impact on everyone around them. Emerald has crafted a film that resembles the one she imagined when she first...
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Read MoreReview: Twinless – “a highly compelling and thought-provoking piece of filmmaking.”
If there’s a film you need to go in totally blind this year, make sure it’s Twinless. Its genre-meshing and structure-bending artistry is something to behold but unfortunate spoilers would ruin the fun of experiencing not just the twisted premise but especially the emotional payoff of James Sweeney’s extremely clever and thematically poignant sophomore feature. After all it’s no fluke that Twinless won...
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Read MoreReview: The Masterstroke Storytelling of The Mastermind
She’s notoriously private, so we can only assume that Kelly Reichardt’s work reflects her own persona: highly-skilled and visually stunning, quietly revealing human stories. Most of Reichardt’s work has an earthy, grounded quality, with an ecological message that’s never forced upon the viewer. And apart from Night Moves, Reichardt’s treatise on eco-terrorism, she has stayed...
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Read MoreReview: A Private Life is a Public Delight
Nobody truly knows what’s going on in another person’s head, however, Rebecca Zlotowski’s A Private Life (Vie Privée) explores whether therapists have a better idea than most in this star-studded black comedy. Jodie Foster plays Lilian Steiner, an American therapist living in Paris. When her long-term client, Paula (Virginie Eifira) doesn’t turn up for a session, Lilian knows that...
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Read MoreSundance 2026 Review: Union County
Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amid the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio. Returning to his hometown to received drug addiction treatment, Cody struggles to reorient himself and connect with those around him; he is living inside of a car and finding himself being taken back into the world of having one more fix by his foster...
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Read MoreSundance 2026 Review: Bedford Park
Haunted by an abusive childhood, Audrey, a Korean American woman in her 30s, faces her emotional past. When her mother’s car accident brings her back to her parents’ home, she meets the man responsible for the accident. Their relationship builds, passions ignite, and they form a loving connection. Audrey is having trouble getting pregnant and her protest at work about cutbacks leads to a suspension. On...
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Read MoreSundance 2026 Review: Josephine
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her. Josephine is taught by her father that being scared does not do anyone any good as she attempts to run out of the garage before the garage door closes. There is a close relationship between them that involves a playful...
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Read MoreSundance 2026 Review: The Incomer
On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy hunt birds and talk to mythical beings while fighting off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel, an awkward official, arrives to relocate them. For 30 years, siblings Isla and Sandy have lived alone on an island and view people from the mainland, aka Incomer,s as a threat that needs to be dealt with by any means necessary. Trouble arises when Incomer...
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