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Sure, maybe next years Best Picture winner wasnt among this crew.
And maybe the money wasnt flowing as freely given the troubled distribution landscape.
We saw a lot of very good films this year.
Not all of them made the final list.
But here are the 15 best films we saw at Sundance this year.
The most notable of these is an extended animated segment that brings Ibelins adventures and interactions to life.
We chart her characters progression through her eyes and her physicality.
That idea full of tension, frustration, possibility fuels the whole film, and Ronans performance specifically.
The simulation may end, but the tension never unwinds.
But thats also partly the point of the movie.
They wander through a modern world in which they see only small glimpses of the past.
Perhaps needless to say, happiness turns out to be a complex, ever-changing thing.
Whats more, one of these agents of happiness, Amber, is himself struggling with the concept.
The filmmakers patient, compassionate gaze allows all these people to speak for themselves.
In so doing, they prompt us to take account of our own lives.
This is not a talking heads doc or a dry study of a great artists career.
The lockdown setting allows Early to do what he does best, which is hyper-specific physical comedy.
If you like Hammels podcastNymphowars,youll appreciate the chaotic frequency this comedy vibrates on.
Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelledGhostlightstar Tara Mallens last name.
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