Sundance Film Festival — A–Z of films

This is not the first documentary to explore the issue of colonial looting, but its unique angle makes it stand out.

A fourth doctor, unsuccessful in his efforts to get to Gaza, helps in whatever ways he can. This enables the film to move between intense scenes within Gaza itself, and the US, where it’s easier to breathe.

What emerges over the course of O’Connor’s feature is not a saintly monument but a vibrant, difficult, funny, and unsentimental person.

The Polish director understands that the work of searching is also the work of deciding what not to show.

Even for those who were present on the day, there are likely to be revelations.

Sociopolitics spritzes delicately, like the water from the club's sprinklers, over the whole affair.

If both stars aren’t mentioned in awards talk next year, it will be a travesty.

The story sometimes lacks thrust, but when it isn’t working, something new will be on screen soon enough.

Half Nelson is a believeable film, depressing at times but smart and moving.

It’s not that the journey is unpleasant but the stakes are very low and the lack of tension leads it to feel overstretched as a result.

A mumblecore masterpiece.

Grounded in whimsy and wonder but willing to embrace a dark edge

Wilde's direction is assured, there's some gorgeous framing and frequent Rogen collaborator Adam Newport-Berra's camera makes the most of what's in front of it.

The documentary is attentive to contradiction without flattening its subjects into symbols.

De Araújo is particularly good at evoking the emotional turmoil Jo feels.

While the film has political and sociological themes, it ultimately succeeds because it’s about the true spirit of the people.

Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families.

The Moment’s biggest misstep is making Charli’s defining feature indecisive flightiness.

By viewing the situation, at least initially, mostly from the perspective of the bears, the directors ask us to consider who exactly is trespassing on whose turf.

The most volatile, morally complicated material is treated as turbulence to pass through rather than weather to be reported.

The complex interaction of desire and disgust is expressed through the textures of indulgent, luxurious foods juxtaposed with similarly textured body parts in a way that is both sensual and grotesque.

Just enough is revealed to keep you glued while shocking, sucker-punches blindside you at all the right moments.

It doesn’t posture about whether primates are sentient. It treats that as the baseline fact, then asks what kind of civilisation keeps behaving as if it isn’t?

The title may seem a bit on the nose, but it certainly emphasises the themes, calling attention to them in both subtle and overt moments

Filmed over seven seasons, the co-directors make time tactile.

Cinematographer Christine Leuhusen also skillfully employs light, so the action moves from a warm shared bathtime to the much starker vibe of Kelly’s dad’s apartment, which matches the mood.