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Film & Television, Sundance Film Festival

Monday, January 24, 2022

What we’ve watched: Sundance 2022 returns online, delivers crowd-pleasers sans crowd

Illustration of a computer on a desk featuring the Sundance 2022 Logo in front of a sunset.
Aishwarya Jayadeep/Senior Staff

The Sundance program showcases a unique array of stories spanning genre and perspective. At The Daily Californian, arts reporters Vincent Tran and Megha Ganapathy and arts editor Maya Thompson have stepped up to explore this vast selection.
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Film & Television

Monday, September 27, 2021
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is poorly adapted flop

The anxiously anticipated film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen” entirely misses the mark, serving up a cringeworthy film that makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. 
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Film & Television

Thursday, September 9, 2021
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Cast of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ talks mental health, transitioning from stage to screen

Among other mental health struggles the movie hopes to address, “Dear Evan Hansen” highlights how grief can destroy a family while sparking revelations in one’s knowledge of themselves.
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Film & Television

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
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‘The Woman in the Window’ is the Hitchcock tribute that fizzled

An overbearing soundscape tries to compensate for the film’s glum, inserting acoustic chaos when the drama doesn’t translate to the screen. 
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Film & Television

Friday, August 23, 2019

In the captivating ‘After the Wedding,’ tiny lives inhabit an increasingly interconnected world

It is delightful to feel the sizzling tension and power flashing off these women in bright, dynamic waves in scene after scene; their interactions are filled with the tingling awkwardness of class tension, an uncomfortably intertwined past and rare moments of understanding.
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Film & Television

Monday, March 18, 2019

Julianne Moore lights up screen and dance floor in ‘Gloria Bell’

The subtlety in the film is admirable — Gloria’s character development is soft but significant. But the script leaves more to be desired.
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Film & Television

Thursday, March 7, 2019
A portrait of a man looking away against a red wall.

Sebastián Lelio on reimagining ‘Gloria’ with Julianne Moore in ‘Gloria Bell’

Lelio was invigorated by the idea of a new “Gloria.” As he explained in an interview with The Daily Californian, his motivation came primarily from one source: Julianne Moore.
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Film & Television

Thursday, October 26, 2017

‘Suburbicon’ delivers on eccentric performances, crisp visuals, but falls short on social satire

While entertaining in parts and visually appealing throughout, “Suburbicon” never becomes a thoroughly satisfying social satire.
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Film & Television

Thursday, October 26, 2017

‘Wonderstruck’ not so wondrous: Confusing storylines, youthful tone leave film in limbo

This is a movie for anyone looking to feel uplifted by the adorable kids adventuring through New York, overcoming struggle.
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Film & Television

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Matthew Vaughn wastes massive potential in ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’

And while Vaughn has packed plenty of ass-kicking into his 2-hour, 21-minute behemoth of a sequel, it’s Vaughn himself who’s had his ass kicked this time around.
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