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Sundance Film Festival interview : “Public Access” / Director David Shadrack Smith & TV Personality Jake Fogelnest

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Public Access : An unprecedented look inside one of the greatest media experiments to hijack American screens. Rare archives from New York’s underground capture a world of creators who shattered rules, defied censors, and transformed our televisions into a free-speech battleground where anyone could be a star. The internet and…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

January 27, 2026

Festivals

2026 Sundance Film Festival Features & Episodic Lineup Announcement!

2026 Sundance Film Festival Unveils 97 Projects Selected for the Feature Film and Episodic Program In-Person and Online Ticket Packages and Passes Currently on Sale; Individual Tickets on Sale Starting January 14 Top L–R: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, Hanging by a Wire, Broken English, Buddy Center Row L–R: Cookie Queens, The Moment, The Weight, The Gallerist Bottom L–R: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, BAIT, LADY, The…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

December 10, 2025

Pick Up

Sundance Film Festival: The Musical Doesn’t Dare to Explore Its Inner Dark Side

@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The First feature-film directed by Giselle Bonilla is a dark comedy focused on Doug (Will Brill), a middle-school teacher and wanna-be playwright, that turns into exploring his dark side when he finds out his ex-girlfriend and colleague Abigail (Gillian Jacobs) is dating the school’s principal Brady (Rob Lowe). Which could…

Adriano Ercolani

January 30, 2026

News

Canadian-American Actor Catherine O’Hara, 71, Dies in Los Angeles

©Courtesy of Twenty Century Studio Canadian-born comedic actor and screenwriter Catherine O’Hara died today at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness. She was 71. During her five-decade career, which began with the Canadian comedy series Second City Television, O’Hara won two Primetime Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. Among her film and…

Edward Moran

January 30, 2026

News

A First Glance at Sam Mendes’ The Beatles Films

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures An initial glimpse of the cast dressed up for director Sam Mendes’ forthcoming four-part Beatles film series at Sony Pictures has been released. The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts utilized their social media platform to reveal exclusive postcards for four films. Students and fans were searching for them on campus with…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

January 30, 2026

News

Sundance without Redford

Nobody ever considered Robert Redford a “horror icon,” but neither the Saw or V/H/S franchises would be what they are today without the buzz they generated at the Sundance Film Festival, famously founded by Redford. From its inception, the festival quickly emerged as launching pad for important films and talented filmmakers, of all genres. The…

Joe Bendel

January 30, 2026

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Sundance Film Festival interview : “Public Access” / Director David Shadrack Smith & TV Personality Jake Fogelnest

2026 Sundance Film Festival Features & Episodic Lineup Announcement!