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I’d found myself pretty gloomy about the state of Marvel over the recent muddle of Phase Four, particularly with the soggy storytelling of Thor, Doctor Strange, and even Wakanda Forever. The latest Ant-Man installation makes small gestures toward levity and a modest leap toward introducing the Next Big Threat for earth’s mightiest heroes to assemble around.
In his follow-up to Girl, Lukas Dhont presents a tragedy of toxic masculinity and its insidious effects on a teenage friendship in rural Belgium.
Capsule reviews, quick thoughts, and instant reactions on this year’s festival films.
Ira Sachs goes to Paris
Some sicko gave Brandon Cronenberg the keys to the White Lotus and this is what happened.
Dispatches from Sundance: a twisty literary adaptation.
Dispatches from Sundance: a short story makes it to the big screen
Dispatches from Sundance: a revisitation of recent political events
Dispatches from Sundance: a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Despite the best laid plans to leverage last year’s fully virtual experience and start 2022 with a hybrid in-person and online festival, this winter’s steep Omicron surge found the Sundance Film Festival again pivoting to a mostly virtual format. Once again, film lovers, journalists, and critics will be experience the annual kick-off of independent film festival season mostly from their couches.
