Lisa Cortés’ wildly revelatory yet entertaining documentary captures the blazing talents of Richard Wayne Penniman, attuned to the complexities of a Black artist who was unapologetically queer and flamboyant, only to renounce his sexuality and hedonism as a man of God the next.
Little Richard, I Am Everything: Lisa Cortes’ Documentary of the Genius Musician–Sundance Film Fest 2023, Highlights
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Eternal Memory, The: Maite (“the Mole Agent”) Alberdi’s Docu about Aging and Struggling with Alzheimer’s–Sundance Film Fest 2023, Highlights
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As she did in The Mole Agent, Oscar-nominated documentarian Maite Alberdi treats the subjects of aging and elder care with grace and compassion.
Eileen: William Oldroyd’s Version of Moshfegh’s Novel–Sundance Film Fest 2023, Highlights
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Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway, at their most commanding, play employees at a Massachusetts juvenile facility who are complicated and subject to dark impulses.
Earth Mama: Savanah Leaf’s Maternal Drama, Sundance Film Fest 2023–Highlights
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The first narrative feature by Olympic volleyball player Savanah Leaf concerns a pregnant mother trying to regain custody of her kids. With lead performance by Tia Nomore as photographer’s assistant Gia, Leaf digs into the familiar landscape of Black mother facing an oppressive legal system and pulls from it the most unexpected and humanizing details. […]
Passages: Sundance Film Fest 2023–Highlights
A German film director (Franz Rogowski), his English husband (Ben Whishaw) and a Frenchwoman (Adèle Exarchopoulos) form a strange love triangle in this wise, bitterly funny work from indie auteur Ira Sachs. Sharply observed and superbly played, it’s a chronicle of romantic and erotic chaos that has become more common in recent years. xosotin chelseathông […]