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Union County (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Will Poulter’s Haunting, Mournful Performance Anchors This Sensitively Crafted Drama about Sobriety
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Union County (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Will Poulter’s Haunting, Mournful Performance Anchors This Sensitively Crafted Drama about Sobriety

Will Poulter leads the cast of “Union County,” a sobering, potent drama that documents the lives of recovering addicts with…

The Musical (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: An occasionally funny dark-comedy whose muddled execution and unsure satirical leanings don’t stick the landing
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The Musical (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: An occasionally funny dark-comedy whose muddled execution and unsure satirical leanings don’t stick the landing

Doug Leibowitz (played by Will Brill), the protagonist of Giselle Bonilla’s debut feature film “The Musical,” is what the Gen-alphas…

Big Girls Don’t Cry (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: A familiar but sensitively rendered snapshot of girlhood circa mid-2000s
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Big Girls Don’t Cry (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: A familiar but sensitively rendered snapshot of girlhood circa mid-2000s

Backed by the great Jane Campion under her film program “A Wave In the Ocean”, writer-director Paloma Schneideman’s “Big Girls…

Levitating (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Wregas Bhanuteja Delivers a Transcendental and Emotionally Anchored Drama
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Levitating (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Wregas Bhanuteja Delivers a Transcendental and Emotionally Anchored Drama

Wregas Bhanuteja’s directorial “Levitating” (original title: “Para Perasuk,” 2026) weaves together spirituality, emotionally inflected personhood, and a set of delicate,…