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2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces the 40th Edition Line-Up!

2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition All Eyes on Independents  In-Person and Online Ticket Packages and Passes Currently On Sale; Individual Ticket Sales Begin January 11 Top L–R: Girls State, Seeking Mavis Beacon, The American Society of Magical Negroes, Layla. Center L–R:…

Fair Play, An Effective Exploration On Gender Politics Gets Ravaged By The Cliched Battle Of The Sexes

Chloe Domont’s erotic thriller — that premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival — revolves around the romance between a young couple and how working at a hedge fund affects their relationship. Fair Play — now available on Netflix — tiptoes inside the lives of Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich), who are secretive…

Cassandro, Gael García Bernal Shines As The ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’

The Amazon Studios biographical drama directed by Roger Ross Williams brings to the screen the story of Saúl Armendáriz, the Mexican luchador who worked as an exótico all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. Roger Ross Williams’ narrative directorial debut is set in the Eighties, when Armendáriz lived in El Paso and would…

Exclusive Video Interview: Director Charlotte Regan on the Sundance Winning Film ‘Scrapper’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Writer-director Charlotte Regan makes her feature film debut with Scrapper, a funny, endearing story of a twelve-year-old girl named Georgie (Lola Campbell) living alone in London and the unexpected reunion she has with her previously absent father Jason (Harris Dickinson). Campbell is a breakout…

Emmy Nomination : Exclusive Video Interview with Director Davina Pardo on ‘Judy Blume Forever’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Judy Blume Forever is a triumphant celebration of the renowned children’s author who, at age eighty-five, continues to be a force for spotlighting important subjects and not caving in to those who wish to censor her. The film, which made its debut at the…

Shortcomings : Exclusive Interview with Director Randall Park 

Synopsis : Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best…

Searchlight’s Ben Plat Led Comedy ‘Theater Camp’ Reveals When the Curtain Will Rise

Following its successful premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Searchlight Pictures has set a July 14th release date for the ensemble musical comedy, “Theater Camp” which it acquired out of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for around $8M with a theatrical guarantee. The feature will tell the story of an upstate New York-based camp run…

Athena Film Festival : Plan C / Q&A with Director Tracy Droz Tragos, Francine Coeytaux, Co-Founder of Plan C, Doctors and Producer

Synopsis : With a controversial visionary at the helm, a grassroots network fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade. Genre:Documentary Original Language: English Director:Tracy Droz Tragos Producer:Tracy Droz Tragos Runtime: 1h 39m   Moderator: Kathryn Kolbert, co-founder of Athena…

Sundance Film Festival/ Review : In Outstanding “Fremont” An Outsider Tries to Find Her Way

Most people have read the wise or strange messages of a Chinese fortune cookie, and perhaps wonder who actually wrote it. Whatever the message says it seems to leave you with a good feeling after the meal. The extraordinary film “Fremont”, a black and white gem at Sundance Film Festival 2023, gives you that sense…

Sundance Film Festival / Shortcomings : Review / Randall Park Makes a Playful Comedy About Romance and Asian Representation

Ever since the film “Crazy Rich Asians” was a smash hit, the Asian film community has blossomed. New talents have established themselves in the Hollywood industry for the last few years, and now three Asian cast members of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” are nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards. So it’s appropriate to see…

Sundance Film Festival: Food and Country is a Vital Documentary That Explores America’s Problematic Food System During COVID

Food critics who thrived in supporting restaurants before the COVID-19 pandemic closed dine-in services across America in March 2020 were forced to reevaluate their careers during the national lock down. But former Los Angeles Times and New York Times restaurant critic, Ruth Reichl, is one such food writer who was able to pivot in her…