We see a few scenes of Janis and fellow musicians hard at work in the studio, and plenty of performance clips, but where the film excels is in showing us how her life fed her performances.
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Every day I went to work wanting to make this the best film that it could possibly be.
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I was making bad action films in Asia. Not that I don’t love Asia. I do. That was the best part of it, seeing other countries.
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Directors Joe and Anthony Russo discuss 'Captain America: Civil War' and drop a potential Captain Marvel spoiler in Washington, DC.
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Whit Stillman's winning romantic comedy about politics set in late Cold War Spain.
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This film doesn’t redefine the genre or even try to do anything different; rather, it elevates what a film based on comics can be to new heights.
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Bridgend is hauntingly beautiful and at the same time like a nature built prison.
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How would you feel if a bribe that you took ended in people's deaths?
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What I saw at the second half of this year's festival.
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"Brigend" is a relentlessly downbeat film, and lacking a dramatically satisfying conclusion, it's a film that can be admired for its execution, even as it keeps viewers at arm's length.
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