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All posts by Dan Schindel
The Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films
The various Academy Award categories for short films generally receive the least amount of attention. That is, unless you're an Oscar prognosticator or have money riding on the show, in which case these nominations are a source of frustration, since very few p...
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‘Tim’s Vermeer’ Is A Passable Documentary
Where is the line between art and technology? Is there even one at all? In the realm of cinema, we tend to dismiss the idea that there is any such separation. Movies would not be possible without advanced mechanical (and digital) techniques. But what about the...
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Sundance Reviews: ‘Land Ho!,’ ‘Web Junkie,’ ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,’ ‘Imperial Dreams,’ ‘Rudderless’
Sundance is over and done with, but that doesn't mean the reviews will stop coming!
Land Ho!
Ex-brothers-in-law Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) and Colin (Paul Eenhorn) take off for a spur-of-the-moment vacation to Iceland. This is not the kind of old-people-gett...
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Sundance Review: ‘Rich Hill’ Finds Beauty In Small Moments
A visually sumptuous look at life in a small town.
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Sundance Review: ‘Concerning Violence’ Is A Poetic, Thought-Provoking Visual Essay
It has Lauryn Hill reading The Wretched of the Earth like poetry. What's not to love?
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Sundance Review: ‘They Came Together’ Never Quite Comes Together
This satire of romantic comedies becomes as generic as what it parodies.
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Sundance Review: Ryan Reynolds Gets Weird (And Great) in ‘The Voices’
A movie in which Ryan Reynolds has long conversations with his pets, and things only get weirder from there.
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‘Gloria’ Explores Old Age In A New Way
Sebastian Lelio's exploration of a woman's twilight years is full of vitality.
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Sundance Review: ‘The Raid 2: Berandal’ Successfully Punches Through A Dull Story
The martial arts sequel slogs when it tells a story but shines when it gets to the action.
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Sundance Review: ‘Listen Up Philip’ Is Hilariously Impolite
Alex Ross Perry's latest feature is a heartfelt comedy about two insufferable people.
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