Tag: Rachel Lears

2022 Sundance Film Festival: Phyllis Nagy, Lena Dunham, Jesse Eisenberg, John Patton Ford & Hazanavicius Fill Premieres Section

In the Premieres section you'll usually find a mix of studio unveilings and high profile acquisitions titles and in the almost equal split between...

Rachel Lears’ Knock Down the House | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Knock Down the House is a rousing documentary about the future of our country, guided by the emboldened voices of four progressive female congressional...

2019 Sundance Film Fest Recap: Monos, We Are Little Zombies & Cold Case Hammarskjöld Lead Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 10

Almost in direct response to critics’ grumblings—who claimed a lack of any true “hits” at Sundance ‘18—Sundance ’19 delivered a near-perfect batting average. The...

2019 Sundance Film Festival: Lane’s Hail Satan, Wang’s One Child Nation and Tyrnauer’s Where’s My Roy Cohn? in U.S. Docu Comp

Last year's U.S. Documentary Competition gave us offerings such as mind blowing films such as Bisbee '17, Minding the Gap, Three Identical Strangers and...

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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...