©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Twelve years after her first-feature film bends, the director Flora Lau brought at the Sundance Film Festival – World Cinema Dramatic Competition – LUZ, another psychological drama set in Chongqing and Paris. The main story follows two completely different people: Wei (Xiadong Guo) is trying to reconnect with the daughter…
©Sundance Film Festival Police procedurals have long garnered attention and intrigue among audiences for the extreme measures characters take to protect the way of existence they have grown accustomed to – or feel entitled to – in their lives. The new documentary, The Perfect Neighbor explores the extreme measures some people, including Marion County resident…
©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…
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…
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…
@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…
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…
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…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival There are plenty of theories about the existence of extraterrestrial life, and theatrical first contact experiences like the one depicted in Star Trek are hardly the only way in which humanity could become aware of them. Touch Me offers a truly unique method of undeniable confirmation for one human that…
©Courtesy of Republic Pictures As a life-long fan of films and television shows, and an endless passion for writing, Karen Benardello decided to combine the two for a career. She graduated from New York’s LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic in 2008. Karen has since been working in the press in…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at…
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