‘Sparks’ Review: Elsie Fisher Headlines an Exhilaratingly Fresh and Affecting Queer Teen Indie

The 'Eighth Grade' star plays the protagonist of Fergus Campbell's feature debut, about a group of teens obsessed with cinema, time travel and each other.

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‘The Dads’ Review: Fathers of Trans Kids Support and Advise One Another in an Accessible and Moving Doc

Luchina Fisher's feature grew out of her Emmy-winning short focused on several of the subjects met here, a mini-spectrum of the experience of parenting transgender kids in America today.

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‘The Last Critic’ Review: Legendary Critic Robert Christgau Gets a Generous Homage in a Doc Revisiting Six Decades Chronicling the Best and Worst in Music
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‘The Last Critic’ Review: Legendary Critic Robert Christgau Gets a Generous Homage in a Doc Revisiting Six Decades Chronicling the Best and Worst in Music

The 83-year-old, who covered everything from folk to punk to early hip-hop, reflects on more than half a century churning out music reviews with flair and savoir faire.   

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‘He Bled Neon’ Review: Joe Cole and Rita Ora Trudge Through a Clichéd, Poseur Crime Story

Music video helmer Drew Kirsch makes his feature debut at SXSW with this neo-noir pastiche, co-starring Marshawn Lynch.

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‘Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story’ Review: Winning Doc Celebrates Adolescent Girlhood, in All Its Glitter-Sprinkled Complexity
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‘Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story’ Review: Winning Doc Celebrates Adolescent Girlhood, in All Its Glitter-Sprinkled Complexity

Benefitting from abundant archive material, director Ayden Mayeri explains how a homemade album she and her friends cut when they were kids in 2000 went viral.

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‘Drift’ Review: Gripping Doc About Climber-Photographer Isaac Wright Will Give Even the Most Passionate Adrenaline Junkie Vertigo
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‘Drift’ Review: Gripping Doc About Climber-Photographer Isaac Wright Will Give Even the Most Passionate Adrenaline Junkie Vertigo

Director Deon Taylor balances backstory and action to deliver a biopic-ready documentary about a rogue climber (and PTSD sufferer) wanted by the law.

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‘Summer of ’94’ Review: The 1994 U.S. World Cup Soccer Team Gets a Rousing Underdog Documentary Tribute

Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker's film, executive produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, features Team USA favorites including Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, Tony Meola and Eric Wynalda.

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‘Serling’ Review: Doc on ‘Twilight Zone’ Creator Captures Rod Serling the Visionary, but Rarely Rod Serling the Man

Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio among its producers, Jonah Tulis' film uses previously unheard dictaphone recordings to capture Serling's thoughts on politics, television and more.

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‘Drag’ Review: Lizzy Caplan Headlines a Twisted, Tongue-in-Cheek Robbery Thriller That Overstays Its Welcome

The first feature from Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer follows two kvetching sisters who break into a stranger’s home and get way more than they bargained for.

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‘Family Movie’ Review: At Least Kevin Bacon and His Family Are Having Fun

Kyra Sedgwick, Travis Bacon and Sosie Bacon also star in the comedy about a director father, his actor wife and their kids, who gather to make one last low-budget horror film together.

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