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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 we'd be in this for the long run, the prospect of film after film made in lockdown made my skin crawl a bit. We've lived it, inescapably, all-consumingly, from behind our screens inside our homes for so long – surely a...

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 School's 2019-2020 year. This activates an ominous metaphorical ticking clock. You don't need heavy-handed foreshadowing to know that the class of 2020 is the COVID Class, to realize that the prom the bright-faced teens are looking forward to will never happen, that the graduation they're...

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’ Niamh Algar stars in this British horror about a film censor who sets out to solve the mystery of her s...

a little bit foggy in some spots. hopefully, we'll get that stuff oust here. we'll have a good day. thank you for being here. >> i'm allison seymour. steve is off today. >> tucker barnes, you are the man. >> thank you. we'll 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 rain showers across the bay down towards cambridge and oxford. they will be pushing further south...