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G. Allen Johnson February 2, 2021Updated: February 4, 2021, 3:49 pm The cast of “CODA,” which won four awards at the Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by Apple TV+, includes Marlee Matlin (second from right). Photo: Sundance Film Festival “CODA,” Sian Heder’s drama about a child of deaf parents seeking to strike out on her own, won the top prize at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, Feb. 2. But the win was no surprise, because “CODA” dominated from the...

All the best movies we saw at Sundance Film Festival, ranked (including Judas and the Black Messiah) Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Instead of roughing it in the cold and snow of Park City, Utah, to get to various screenings at the annual Sundance Film Festival, we ventured toward the couch to watch the best of what independent cinema has to offer in 2021. Like the other big-time fests in Toronto, New York and elsewhere did in 2020, Sundance went virtual this y...

All the best movies we saw at Sundance Film Festival, ranked (including Judas and the Black Messiah) Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Instead of roughing it in the cold and snow of Park City, Utah, to get to various screenings at the annual Sundance Film Festival, we ventured toward the couch to watch the best of what independent cinema has to offer in 2021. Like the other big-time fests in Toronto, New York and elsewhere did in 2020, Sundance went virtual this y...

The 2021 edition of Sundance Film Festival has gone virtual but isn't skimping on the cool independent cinema. Here's the best stuff we saw, ranked.

The 2021 edition of Sundance Film Festival has gone virtual but isn't skimping on the cool independent cinema. Here's the best stuff we saw, ranked.

Ella Kemp , January 30th, 2021 15:00 The slew of titles reckoning with the cataclysmic change of the last year was inevitable, but the most effective films are those made with other motives that earn accidental poignancy, finds Ella Kemp The thought of an endless stream of pandemic movies was one that filled me with dread from, say, April 2020. From the moment it became clear wed be in this for the long run, the prospect of film after film made in lockdown made my skin crawl a bit. Weve lived i...

The 2021 edition of Sundance Film Festival has gone virtual but isn't skimping on the cool independent cinema. Here's the best stuff we saw, ranked.

Homeroom An often powerful look at an unprecedented school year. TWITTER Peter Nicks documentary traces a year of institutional struggle — and COVID-caused disruption — in the Oakland public school system. Early in Peter Nicks Homeroom, the documentary announces itself as a chronicle of Oakland High Schools 2019-2020 year. This activates an ominous metaphorical ticking clock. You dont need heavy-handed foreshadowing to know that the class of 2020 is the COVID Class, to realize that the pro...

Captains of Zaatari Filmed over six years, debutant director Ali El Arabi’s documentary follows the fortunes of two best friends who live in Jordan’s Zaatari Refugee Camp. While facing the difficult reality of their lives, they have a dream of becoming professional footballers that will just not die. Practising virtually every day, when a world-renowned sports academy visits, both have a chance to turn wishful thinking into reality. Supplied Censor MotherFatherSon and The Virtues’ Nia...

a little bit foggy in some spots. hopefully, well get that stuff oust here. well have a good day. thank you for being here. >> im allison seymour. steve is off today. >> tucker barnes, you are the man. >> thank you. well be in for a great one today. sunshine expected. i know we have a little fog out there this morning. a few leftover showers south and east steeft. we are talking a beautiful afternoon with highs in the upper 80s so no more rain in the forecast of the. last vestiges of r...