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Sundance Film Festival / Never Get Busted : Exclusive Interview with Showrunners David Anthony Ngo & Erin Williams-Weir

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Never Get Busted : Barry Cooper was a highly decorated Texas narcotics officer — until he turned on the police force by bustin crooked cops and teaching drug users how to hide their stash. Showrunners : David Anthony Ngo, Erin Williams-Weir Executive Producers : John Battsek, Chris Smith Co-Executive Producer : Michael Agar Producers : Erin Williams-Weir, Daniel Joyce, David Anthony Ngo, Louise Schultze…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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2025 Sundance Recap Pt 1: ‘Atropia,’ ‘André is an Idiot,’ ‘Ricky,’ ‘East of Wall,’ ’Train Dreams’
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2025 Sundance Recap Pt 1: ‘Atropia,’ ‘André is an Idiot,’ ‘Ricky,’ ‘East of Wall,’ ’Train Dreams’

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival will be wrapping up this weekend, although for those of us covering it virtually, we’ve gotten a bit of a late start. There have been quite a few themes with the movies at this year’s festival, including many films written and directed by actors starring in their own films, as…

Edward Douglas
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Sundance Film Festival: ‘The Dating Game’ is an Amusing Look at Romance in China That’s Best When It Gets Serious
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Sundance Film Festival: ‘The Dating Game’ is an Amusing Look at Romance in China That’s Best When It Gets Serious

It’s not always easy to find a partner, but there can be exacerbating circumstances that make it even more difficult. As a result of China’s one child’s policy, which was ended a decade ago, there are 30 million more men than women. Those odds aren’t great even for the most socially well-adjusted individuals with unlimited…

Abe Friedtanzer
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“Dog Man” : Dav Pilkey Offers Amusing, Low-Stress Entertainment!
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“Dog Man” : Dav Pilkey Offers Amusing, Low-Stress Entertainment!

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures  The catalyst for this comic book character’s conception was sort of like The Breakfast Club. Technically, he was created by author-illustrator Dav (No “E”) Pilkey, through his fictional school children, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, who dreamed up the crime-fighting canine while serving detention together. (The creative duo also supposedly “invented”…

Joe Bendel
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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Plainclothes’ / Tom Blyth Explodes Inside the Character’s Mind & Soul
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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Plainclothes’ / Tom Blyth Explodes Inside the Character’s Mind & Soul

@Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ethan Palme The ‘90 have been most likely one of the most controversial decades for gay rights in the United States. The optimism and liberalism of the Bill Clinton presidency clashed in many ways with the homophobia still reigning in many parts of the United States, especially far…

Adriano Ercolani
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Twinless
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‘Atropia’ and ‘Twinless’ Win Top Prizes at Sundance Film Festival

Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (World Cinema Documentary Competition) Awarded Grand Jury Prizes; NEXT Innovator Award Presented by Adobe Goes to Zodiac Killer Project Twinless (U.S. Dramatic Competition) and André is an Idiot (U.S. Documentary Competition) Receive Audience Awards Presented by Acura Audience Awards Presented by United Airlines Go…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Kazuya Shiraishi
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“The Blood of Wolves” Director Kazuya Shiraishi Signed with UTA

©Courtesy of Toei Company, LTD. The film, “The Blood of Wolves” UTA, a top U.S. talent agency which represents artists, athletes and storytellers, has signed a contract with Japanese director Kazuya Shiraishi, who is known for films like “The Devil’s Path”, “Sunny”, “The Blood of Wolves”, “Bushido” and TV series, “The Queen of Villains.” The…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Like Father Like Son: Exclusive Interview with Director Barry Jay and Actor Dylan Flashner
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Like Father Like Son: Exclusive Interview with Director Barry Jay and Actor Dylan Flashner

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Some of the even most well-meaning saviors can eventually make life-altering choices that affect everyone they care about as they dole out their own personal form of vigilante justice. Those extreme decisions ultimately embrace their dark side, even if they initially have well intentions. Actor Dylan Flashner’s complex anti-hero of Eli in…

Karen Benardello
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Sundance Film Festival: ‘The Alabama Solution’ is a Vital, Urgent Call for Prison Reform in a Very Broken System
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Sundance Film Festival: ‘The Alabama Solution’ is a Vital, Urgent Call for Prison Reform in a Very Broken System

Conditions within prison facilities aren’t known to be great, and they’re not invitations that many in positions of power believe to be most deserving of resources. Some argue that criminal offenders need to be kept in line and shouldn’t be treated with kindness, and therefore their needs should be at the bottom of any priority…

Abe Friedtanzer
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New York Int'l cildren's Fest
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New York Intl Children’s Fest Announces 2025 Line-Up Announced!

©Courtesy of New York Intl Children’s Fest, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (NYICFF) ANNOUNCES 2025 FEATURES SLATE AND SHORT FILM PROGRAMS. OPENING NIGHT IS THE U.S. PREMIERE OF ANIMATED BIOPIC HOLA, FRIDA, SUPPORTED BY THE FRIDA KAHLO ESTATE, WITH THE CENTERPIECE SLOT GOING TO THE EAST COAST PREMIERE OF A24’S THE LEGEND OF OCHI,…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Sam and Andrew Zuchero
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‘Love Me’: Exclusive Interview with Sam & Andy Zuchero

©Courtesy of Bleecker Street The identity and potential of new AI and technology is largely linked to how well it adapts to and supports humanity’s ever-evolving journey. Love Me, the new groundbreaking first feature from sister and brother filmmaking duo Sam and Andy Zuchero, explores the lasting effects of AI through an epic tale of…

Karen Benardello
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