A Spanish revenge thriller, Lena Dunham's latest polarizer, a sex comedy starring Emma Thompson, and documentaries about a fallen TV icon, French volcanologists and a Korean immigrant's wrongful conviction were among THR critics' faves from the (virtual) fest.
Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s revelatory documentary delves into the crisis of Black maternal mortality in the United States. Chronicling how two families cope in the wake of preventable maternal deaths, it’s a clear-eyed work that investigates and contextualizes this underreported problem without losing sight of the people processing the depths of their loss.
— LOVIA GYARKYEShaunak Sen’s quietly provocative, dreamily beautiful documentary focuses on two brothers dedicated to rescuing birds of prey injured in the polluted air above New Delhi. One of the film’s pleasures is the way it lets you process things however deeply you choose. Is this a portrait of a city? Of heroic siblings? Of humanity plagued by climate change and on the brink of COVID? This marvel of non-fiction filmmaking is a little and a lot all at once.
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