Articles by Rachel Ho

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  'Cosmic Dawn' Is a Stylish Depiction of Cults and Alien Abduction

  Directed by Jefferson Moneo

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2022

  Writer and director Jefferson Moneo says the inspiration for Cosmic Dawn came from his own childhood, when he encountered an extraterrestri...

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  'Murderville' Can't Quite Solve the Mystery of Great Improv

  Created by Krister Johnson

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2022

  For all the heavy prestige TV dramas audiences have been treated to in recent years, sometimes mindless entertainment with famous celebs is...

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  'The 355' Doesn't Add Up to Much

  Directed by Simon Kinberg

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2022

  A dangerous piece of tech that can take control of any power grid in the world is on the loose, and a group of highly-skilled agents from a...

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  'Black Ice' Is a Necessary Interrogation of Hockey's Lack of Diversity

  Directed by Hubert Davis

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2022

  The National Hockey League remains the only North American professional sports league that has only a handful of participants from visible...

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  Sundance Review: 'Resurrection' Loses Its Way

  Directed by Andrew Semans

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2022

  Resurrection starts a world apart from where it ends. A psychological thriller about a woman's fight with PTSD, director Andrew Semans' sop...

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  Sundance Review: 'Master' Examines Historical Prejudice Through the Lens of Supernatural Horror

  Directed by Mariama Diallo

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2022

  Master lives in the duality of the past and the present. In her directorial debut, Mariama Diallo examines race and gender as it was then a...

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  Sundance Review: Indigenous History Gloriously Comes to Life with VR in 'This Is Not a Ceremony'

  Directed by Ahnahktsipiitaa

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2022

  As part of the New Frontiers program at Sundance this year, Indigenous Canadian artist Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) premiered his lates...

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  '​Skinamarink' Is the Stuff of Nightmares

  Directed by Kyle Edward Ball

  PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2022

  It's usually a wonderful thing when a movie can capture your imagination. And it's usually positively lovely if a film can transport you ba...