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Sundance Film Review – ‘Alice’ Tells a Powerful Tale of Redemption

It’s horrifying to think that the institution of slavery was widely accepted within a good portion of American society just over one hundred and fifty years ago. Those born into slavery may not have known what the rest of the world looked like and were likely taught that they were serving their rightful place, not…

Sundance Film Festival Review – Does “Dual” Duel Itself?

Ask me what my favorite films are and eventually- when I want to throw in some more modern choices – I’ll bring up Duncan Jones’s 2009 debut, Moon. With more than one layer to it, I always try to boil it down the philosophical journey of Moon into a signal sentence; “would you get along…

Sundance Film Festival Review – ‘Living’ Brings Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Ikiru’ to London

Society functions to a degree because most people don’t know when their lives will end. Having a sense of how much time someone has left in the world can affect their behavior entirely and inspire them to make decisions that are not at all in line with how they typically operate. It can also lead…

Sundance Film Festival Review – Sinead O’Connor Doc “Nothing Compares” Brings Powerful Words to the Next Generations

The world wasn’t quite ready when Sinéad O’Connor ripped up Pope John Paul II’s photograph protesting the Catholic church’s child abuse accusations in front of Saturday Night Live’s audience in 1992. Her action was met with a barrage of hatred and doomed her once-thriving career. But the Sundance premiere of the documentary Nothing Compares captured…

Exclusive Sundance Film Festival Video Interview: Director Rory Kennedy on Crafting ‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’

Once considered the best in the business, with the popular saying, “If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going,” the aircraft manufacturing giant experienced a considerable fall from grace when two of its 737 MAX planes crashed within six months of each other. While Boeing initially blamed Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots for not being well-trained and…

Sundance Film Festival Review – “After Yang” brings fresh notes to a familiar theme

All works of art focus on territories that have been tread on by many other artists before them. If you’re attached the methods of a classic piece to convey a specific message, you might be adverse to a newer attempt that aims to shed light on the same subject. While it is easy to still…

Sundance Film Festival Review – ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ is an Involving Directorial Debut for Jesse Eisenberg

It’s worth taking note when an actor who has turned in many strong performances steps behind the camera for the first time. online pharmacy trazodone over the counter with best prices today in the USA In all likelihood, their vision will be influenced by the directors they have worked with, and the product they create…

In-Person Sundance Film Festival Cancelled

With just over two weeks before the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was scheduled to begin, the decision has been made to cancel all in-person activities in Utah. A press release put out by Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival stressed the level of work put in by staff to try to create a safe…

Exclusive Video Interview: Clifton Collins Jr. and Molly Parker on ‘Jockey’

Jockey is a film about many things, and one of its strongest elements is the bond between its title character, Jackson (Clifton Collins Jr.), and his trainer, Ruth (Molly Parker). As Jackson navigates the unexpected introduction of a part of his past he never knew would return, Ruth is a source of stability for him…

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup Will Include New Movies from Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler and Jesse Eisenberg

The Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work that it has selected to play in the Feature Film, Indie Episodic and New Frontier categories for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The festival is set to take place in a hybrid format, including in-person in Park City, Salt Lake City and the Sundance…

Adrienne : Film Review / A Loving Tribute to the Filmmaker Whose Life was Cut Short

A Halloween Party in 2006, ‘I went to bed that night as the luckiest guy alive. By the next night, I was living the worst nightmare imaginable”…that was the harrowing entry of Andy Ostroy’s life, which was shattered into a thousand pieces of smashing mirror that left on the floor, when he saw his wife…