Report From Telluride
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‘American Symphony’ Review: Documentary Captures Jon Batiste’s Personal and Professional Struggles
Telluride Film Festival: Matthew Heineman’s doc jumps between uplift and heartbreak, between Batiste’s career pressures and his wife’s fight for survival
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‘Women Talking’ Review: Sarah Polley’s Searing Drama Contemplates Revenge and Forgiveness
The sexually-abused members of a religious community get to decide what happens next, and the results are riveting
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‘If These Walls Could Sing’ Review: Abbey Road Studio Gets a Slight, Sunny Tribute
First-time director Mary McCartney takes an affectionate look at the London studio that her dad’s band helped make famous
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‘Empire of Light’ Review: Sam Mendes’ Love Letter to Cinema Lacks Focus
This reverie on movie palaces often forgets the part about actually loving film, among many other script issues
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‘Retrograde’ Review: Visceral Doc Puts Viewers Squarely Inside the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The director of “Cartel Land” and “The First Wave” offers no easy answers about the end of the war, just the haunting faces of those involved
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‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Review: Fresh Take on D.H. Lawrence Classic Doesn’t Skimp on Eroticism
Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell offer scorching sexuality in a film that finds new tones in an oft-adapted story
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‘The Wonder’ Review: Florence Pugh Stuns as a Woman of Science in a Community of Faith
The director of “A Fantastic Woman” and the author of “Room” find a vehicle that perfectly blends their sensibilities
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‘Theater of Thought’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Offers a Baffling Guided Tour of the Brain
Telluride Film Festival 2022: The prolific director makes the exploration as wide-ranging, philosophical and off-the-wall as possible
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‘Merkel’ Film Review: Former German Leader Noticeably Absent From Her Own Documentary
Telluride Film Festival 2022: This sketchy portrait of the ex-Chancellor feels bereft of insight or detail on a fascinating political life
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‘Icarus: The Aftermath’ Film Review: Sequel to Oscar-Winning Documentary Finds Emotion in Sporting Scandal
Telluride Film Festival 2022: Bryan Fogel’s film is more assured and more moving than his 2017 expose of Russia’s doping program
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‘Squaring the Circle’ Film Review: Music Meets Image in Stylish Rock Documentary
Telluride 2022: Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Roger Waters and more pay tribute to legendary design agency Hipgnosis in Anton Corbijn’s film
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‘Citizen Ashe’ Film Review: Arthur Ashe Doc Movingly Chronicles Tennis Champ and Human Rights Activist
A wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary
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‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Film Review: Jenny Slate Is the Voice of a Cinematic Hug
Director Dean Fleischer-Camp uses stop-motion animation with an open heart and a childlike sense of play
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‘Cyrano’ Film Review: Peter Dinklage Shines but the Songs Are Forgettable
Director Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Cyrano de Bergerac story is a bittersweet mixture of enjoyable highs and painful lows
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‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
Liz Garbus’ film burnishes the Jacques Cousteau legend, but it also reminds us how important his oceanic work remains to this day
