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Movie News
Constellation Incubator Asks: ‘Why Aren’t Filmmakers Making Money?’
April 14, 2021Constellation Incubator was born out of a frank conversation between filmmakers Naomi McDougall Jones and Liz...
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Violation Examines Sexual Abuse By ‘Someone You Trusted’
March 25, 2021Violation is a revenge thriller, but not of the variety you typically see. Through their own...
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The Vigil: How Keith Thomas Created His Authentic Jewish Horror Film (Exclusive Clip)
March 3, 2021Keith Thomas got the idea for The Vigil when he was at a synagogue and overheard...
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Podcasts
The World to Come Producer-Star Casey Affleck: ‘If You Write More Drafts, the Writing Gets Better’
March 2, 2021Casey Affleck, producer and co-star of The World to Come, has some thoughts on screenwriting that...
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18th and Grand Traces L.A. History Through a ‘Palace of Violence’
February 26, 202118th and Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story tells the story of 20th century Los Angeles through...
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Joe and Anthony Russo on Cherry: ‘A Movie Can Live or Die By Its Tone’
February 25, 2021In 2018, the same year they released the mega blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, Joe and Anthony...
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Wolfwalkers Co-Director Tomm Moore Explains Why ‘2D Is the Worst Phrase Ever’
February 24, 2021Wolfwalkers is a unique feat in animation: A majority of the animation was hand-drawn, either on...
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Slamdance Doc A Tiny Ripple of Hope Tracks One Man’s Sacrifices to Help Chicago Youth (Exclusive Clip)
February 22, 2021A Tiny Ripple of Hope — now available to stream through the Slamdance Film Festival — follows...
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How Vanessa Kirby Breaking Her Ankle Altered Her The World to Come Performance
February 16, 2021Vanessa Kirby broke her ankle on the first shooting day of The World to Come, and...
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Podcasts
The World to Come: Casey Affleck, Katherine Waterston and Mona Fastvold on Their Pioneer Romance
February 12, 2021Shot on 16mm in 24 days in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, The World to Come...
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French Exit Collaborators Patrick deWitt and Azazel Jacobs on the Importance of Props You Never See
February 10, 2021The friendship between Azazel Jacobs and Patrick deWitt dates back to the early 2000s, when deWitt...
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The Little Things and Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia Are Mirror Images of One Another
February 9, 2021Spoiler warning: Don’t read this if you don’t want major spoilers about The Little Things and 2002’s Insomnia....
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How the Artisans of Cherry Told a Sweeping Story From One Man’s POV (Video)
February 5, 2021Everything in Cherry is from the point of view of Tom Holland’s titular character, a heartbroken...
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Interviews
John and the Hole Director Pascual Sisto on his ‘Contemporary Fable’ and the Function of Bunkers
February 3, 2021John and the Hole plays out like a fairy tale in many moments, which is exactly...
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2021 Sundance Awards – Complete List of Winners
February 2, 2021Since this year’s Sundance awards winners were announced via a virtual ceremony, with pre-recorded clips, there...
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How So Many Lil Peep Songs Made Their Way Into Cusp
February 2, 2021Cusp is a documentary that follows a group of three rural Texas teen girls who pass a...
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Strawberry Mansion Used a 16mm Film-Out, Meaning It Shot Digitally and Transferred to Film Stock in Post
February 2, 2021Strawberry Mansion takes inspiration from ’80s children’s movies of the co-directors’ youths, and in order to...
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Mass Tackles Incredibly Difficult Subject Matter, But The Actors Kept Things Light On Set
February 2, 2021At the end of the Sundance Q&A for Mass, a festgoer asked the four lead actors...
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How Eight for Silver Uses Werewolves as an Addiction Metaphor
February 1, 2021Visually, the monsters at the center of Eight for Silver are not your typical werewolf creatures....
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Jockey Director Clint Bentley: ‘No Jockey Wants Their Kid to Be a Jockey’
February 1, 2021Jockey director Clint Bentley became interested in horse racing jockeys because his dad was a jockey —...
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Cryptozoo by Dash Shaw Is the Rare Hand-Drawn Animated Feature for Adults
January 31, 2021In his introduction before the world premiere of Cryptozoo, Sundance programmer Charlie Sextro laid out exactly...
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“The Touch of the Master’s Hand” Moviemakers On Editing Their Mormon Masturbation Comedy Short (Video)
January 31, 2021Sundance short “The Touch of the Master’s Hand” takes a humorous yet sensitive look at a...
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On the Count of Three Director Jerrod Carmichael On Walking A Tonal Tightrope With His Suicide-Pact Film
January 31, 2021The subject matter of On the Count Three, which follows two longtime friends who make a...
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Censor Looks at Video Nasty Era of ’80s Britain, With Sound Design Influenced by Watership Down
January 29, 2021Censor — from British writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond — looks at ’80s Britain when the Video Nasty...
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