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2018 Sundance Film Festival

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‘Wildlife’ Review: Carey Mulligan Astounds in Paul Dano’s Directorial Debut

Co-written by Dano and Zoe Kazan, this gorgeous 1960-set family drama also stars Jake Gyllenhaal.

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‘Lizzie’ Review: The Classiest Lesbian Axe Murderer Movie Ever

Craig William Macneill’s drama tries to be so respectful that it ends up being distant and shallow.

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‘Arizona’ Review: Danny McBride Goes on a Murderous Rampage

Rosemarie DeWitt co-stars in this darkly funny and intensely thrilling debut from director Jonathan Watson.

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‘Blindspotting’ Review: Daveed Diggs Tackles Race Relations in Living Color

Filmmaker Carlos López Estrada makes a splash with his rich, explosive debut feature.

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‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ Review: Make ‘Em Laugh

Marina Zenovich’s documentary is fairly straightforward, but manages to encapsulate what made Williams such a special performer.

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‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ Review: Paralyzed by Clichés

Gus Van Sant’s film about cartoonist John Callahan constantly struggles to find a new angle on a story of addiction and overcoming adversity.

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‘Eighth Grade’ Review: Bo Burnham’s Directorial Debut Is Awkward AF

The coming-of-age story also features a breakout performance from Elsie Fisher.

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‘Sorry to Bother You’ Review: Satire with a Sledgehammer

Boots Riley takes a kitchen sink approach in his outlandish film that attempts to tackle everything but is only intermittently successful in making a point.

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‘Leave No Trace’ Review: Debra Granik Returns with a Unique Father/Daughter Story

Ben Foster and breakout Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie shine in the long-awaited follow-up from 'Winter's Bone' writer/director Debra Granik.

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‘Three Identical Strangers’ Review: A Shocking, Emotional, Must-See Nature vs. Nurture Documentary

Tim Wardle's wildly thrilling and emotional film chronicles the story of triplets separated at birth.

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‘Hearts Beat Loud’ Review: The Coffeehouse Acoustic of Movies

Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons are terrific in a movie that is resoundingly fine.

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‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Review: The Enduring Power of Mister Rogers

Morgan Neville’s documentary covers a lot of ground while getting to the core of what made Fred Rogers so special.

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‘American Animals’ Review: Stylish Heist Film Blurs the Line between Fact and Fiction

Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan lead the narrative debut of 'The Imposter' director Bart Layton.

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‘The Tale’ Review: One of the Bravest Movies You’ll Ever See

Director Jennifer Fox brilliantly explores her own fractured memories with the help of an amazing cast.

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‘Come Sunday’ Review: Chiwetel Ejiofor Is a Minister with a Radical Idea in Netflix Drama

The Netflix original film tells the true story of Bishop Carlton Pearson, who ruffled features by preaching that there is no Hell.

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‘Beirut’ Review: Spy Thrillers Don't Get Blander Than This

Between its predictable plot and stock characters, ‘Beirut’ feels like a movie that would have been worn out twenty years ago.

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The Collider Podcast: Episode 125 - Sundance 2018 Roundup and Oscar Nominations

Matt and Adam dive into the film's they saw at Sundance and this year's Oscar nominees.

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‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Nabs Top Sundance Awards Prize

The Garrett Hedlund-fronted KKK drama 'Burden', meanwhile, took home the audience prize.

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‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’ Review: Lampooning the Biopic | Sundance 2018

David Wain understands that the best way to honor the life and career of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney is with a hilarious and irreverent spin on the biopic genre.

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‘Ophelia’ Review: Here’s That Awful ‘Hamlet’ Fanfiction No One Asked For | Sundance 2018

Rather than find a unique angle on ‘Hamlet’, Claire McCarthy’s film simply changes the Bard’s story to come up with an atrocious, lazy narrative.

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