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Martin Dale, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
The documentary won the Audience Award and the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance and is nominated for three awards at the upcoming Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, and Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
It is based on the documentary podcast Boomtown, which told the story of the West Texan oil boom.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The feature documentary follows a group of librarians, dubbed FReadom Fighters, who have resisted book bans in Texas, Florida and beyond.
—Martin Dale, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
The documentary won the Audience Award and the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance and is nominated for three awards at the upcoming Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, and Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Not just the independent film industry, not just the documentary film industry – which are very important around the world.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
It is based on the documentary podcast Boomtown, which told the story of the West Texan oil boom.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The limited release caps off a mixed week for the journalism docudrama, which earned a Best Drama nom at the Globes but was left out of the Best Picture lineup at Critics Choice.Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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Event = Peter Sarsgaard, September 5 Photo: Paramount Pictures via YouTube September 5 is Schrödinger’s contender: Is the Munich Olympics docudrama a potent player awaiting its moment or an also-ran whose own studio barely wanted it?Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2024
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Karey Burke, another figure backing the project, discussed the series' historical importance by noting its groundbreaking contributions to TV comedy.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Then there’s the pharmacy, where once again, the effort to replicate every detail with historical accuracy is evident.Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Kids actress also appears in Magic Farm, the sophomore feature of El Planeta filmmaker and performance artist Amalia Ullman.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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However, experimentation is not just about pushing features faster.Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The results pointed to the success of dramas including All Creatures Great and Small, which airs on PBS in the States, and factual shows like Captain Tom: Where Did The Money Go?.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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This article includes reporting from The Associated Press fairness meter Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Trump's Case On May 30, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the case, which involved a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jr on the original 1997 horror film set, the weather caused them to be stuck in a tunnel for almost an hour.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sneak Peek Saturday will offer a look at upcoming summer and holiday films with content from CinemaCon, the annual movie theater industry trade show that offers trailers and other featurettes that are typically reserved for exhibitors and industry professionals.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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While there's more opportunity to flex his comedic range as both the younger and older Doctor Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik in 's third live-action Sonic movie, there's one major downside, the actor joked in a new featurette released on YouTube.Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The movie’s one outright mistake is suddenly shifting from emotional abuse to a literal assault that inadvertently plays like a queasy bad-taste joke about how artists get screwed.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sports UConn's Geno Auriemma, the new winningest NCAA coach, is honored with a literal goat A deep sea creature kept washing ashore in California Oarfish are known to swim in waters 300 to 3,000 feet below the surface.Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Although Awakenings brought Sacks public attention (and eventually a Hollywood movie), his greatest success came after the publication of 1985’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a volume of clinical tales that humanized people with serious neurological disorders.Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Think of your media feature like a blockbuster movie.Qamar Zaman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Documentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentary. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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