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The best films of 2023 … you may not have seen

From a Guy Ritchie action comedy to a revealing documentary about journalism, Guardian writers pick their favourite underseen films of the year

The Guardian - US

Hasan Minhaj’s savage monologue sends gasps through Spirit Awards

LOS ANGELES — “Let’s dream big. This is our time to do it.”

Los Angeles Times

Oscar favorite ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ sweeps Spirit Awards

LOS ANGELES — Oscar front-runner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” continued its dominant awards season run at the 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday, where it won in all seven categories in which it was nominated.

Los Angeles Times

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Review: The teen drama 'Palm Trees and Power Lines' tells a searing story of abuse

When we first meet Lea (Lily McInerny), the shy, watchful 17-year-old protagonist of "Palm Trees and Power Lines," she's wandering off by herself at sunset, listening to music and losing herself in thought. Those power lines stretch out in the distance behind her, a drab symbol of American suburban anomie;…

Los Angeles Times

Movie review: 'Palm Trees and Power Lines' an unflinching examination of troubling relationship

An older man cajoles a young girl into his truck late one night. “Don’t murder me,” she scoffs, oblivious to the other, more insidious threats that he may represent. It’s a classic “stranger danger” setup presented by Jamie Dack in “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” her directorial debut, which she…

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‘This is not unique at all’: inside a devastating film about sexual grooming

The director and star of Palm Trees and Power Lines talk about their unsettling drama that tells of the relationship between a teen and a man in his thirties

The Guardian - US

From 'Nanny' to 'The Exiles,' a virtual Sundance puts a human face on past and present horrors

Is it horror or just real life? The question kept coming up at this year's all-virtual Sundance Film Festival — particularly in the American dramatic competition, where the buzzier entries included "Master," Mariama Diallo's bold if muddled chiller about Black women in white-dominated academia, and "Palm Trees and Power Lines,"…

Los Angeles Times

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New film examines "what consent means"

For Jamie Dack's feature debut, she spoke to Salon about creating a "protagonist as a proxy for my younger self"

Salon

Palm Trees and Power Lines review – an unnerving, remarkable debut

The first feature from Jamie Dack, about a relationship between a 34-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl, boasts a breakout performance for newcomer Lily McInerny

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