2022 Sundance Film Festival

  • Movie News

A Salute to Sinéad O’Connor, the Pop Star Who Did Everything Wrong

R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor, who passed today at 56. In her memory we are republishing this piece from January 2022, focused…

9 months ago
  • Movie News

From Poison to Prison, Navalny Shows the Cost of Opposing Putin

Navalny just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Here is our piece on the film when it premiered at the…

1 year ago
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Despite His Mannequin Head, the 7-Foot Robot in Brian and Charles Delivers a Highly Emotive Performance

Never underestimate the comedic timing of a robot: Despite his humanoid name, the character Charles Petrescu in the charming new comedy…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

In Mija, a Music Manager Helps Her Undocumented Parents by Discovering Pop Stars

https://shows.acast.com/moviemaker-interviews/episodes/isabel-castro-mija Mija director Isabel Castro is a journalist and documentarian who rolls her eyes at all the tropes of immigration…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

2022 Sundance Awards – Complete List of Winners

This year, Sundance decided to forego a virtual ceremony and instead announced all of the 2022 winners via tweets from…

2 years ago
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To the End Director Would ‘Love to Know’ What Joe Manchin Thinks of Her Documentary

To the End director Rachel Lears would "love to know" what West Virginia U.S. Senator Joe Manchin thinks of her…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

We Need to Talk About Cosby Feels Like If Twitter Made a Documentary

Watching We Need to Talk About Cosby, the new docuseries from W. Kamau Bell, felt a little like spending hours…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Why Abigail Disney Is Speaking Out Against Family Business in New Doc: ‘Solidarity’ Is ‘More Important’

Abigail Disney makes some pretty harsh critiques of the entertainment giant that her grandfather and great uncle founded nearly 100…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

TikTok, Boom. Director Tried the App During the Pandemic — It Was So ‘Addictive,’ She Deleted It

The Sundance documentary TikTok, Boom. examines the app so popular among Gen-Z users that it's quickly surpassed Facebook, Instagram and YouTube…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

In Lucy and Desi, Amy Poehler Revisits the Love Affair That Built Television

"The only reason I Love Lucy exists is because they wanted to be together," Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, daughter of Lucille…

2 years ago
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The Cathedral Abstracts Family Drama Through Writer-Director Ricky D’Ambrose’s Childhood Memories

In writer-director Ricky D'Ambrose's The Cathedral, a narrator helps keep a viewer abreast of a complex family tree and the…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Tig Notaro Had a Hilarious Run-In With Patti Smith, Who Inspired Her Character in Am I OK?

Tig Notaro plays a mystical, free-spirited woman who runs an outdoor camp for hammock lovers in her Sundance feature Am…

2 years ago
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Director John Patton Ford Wanted Emily the Criminal to Show Los Angeles As It Actually Is

John Patton Ford wanted his Sundance feature film Emily the Criminal to look like Los Angeles — but not the…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Pinocchio Teaser; Sundance Recos and a Surprise; How Lucy and Desi Made TV

The first teaser for Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion Pinocchio is here; a secret Sundance documentary has been revealed and the…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Bill Nighy Drew on Years of Experience Procrastinating for His Role in Living

Living star Bill Nighy has always had big dreams. He just hasn't always followed through with them. "I wanted to…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Evan Rachel Wood Speaks on Manson; To Be Friends With Javier Bardem; Don’t Miss Our Sundance Panel

Catch our Sundance panel this afternoon with Evolution Mallorca Film Festival and Latino Filmmakers Network; Javier Bardem and Daniel Craig…

2 years ago
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Evan Rachel Wood Speaks Out About Relationship With Marilyn Manson in Phoenix Rising: ‘It’s Time for Me to Tell the Truth’

Evan Rachel Wood speaks out in heartbreaking detail about her past relationship with rock star Marilyn Manson in part one…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Dakota Johnson’s Performance as a Mom in Cha Cha Real Smooth Was Inspired By Her Best Friend

Dakota Johnson is on a mothering streak. Not in real life, but in two of the most recent movies she's…

2 years ago
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Sharp Stick Shows That Porn ‘Can Be Really Healing,’ Says Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham's Sharp Stick shows the porn industry in a rare, positive light. She says that was 100% intentional. "I…

2 years ago
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Descendant Calls for Justice for Families of Those on the Clotilda, America’s Last Slave Ship

Descendant, a selection in Sundance's U.S. documentary competition directed by Margaret Brown, offers a powerful deep dive into the history of…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Inside Sundance’s New Frontier Spaceship, an Interactive XR Experience

Stepping inside Sundance's New Frontier Spaceship, the virtual venue that houses the festival's multimedia, VR, XR, and other emerging tech…

2 years ago
  • Sundance 2022

Michael Polish on Making Bring on the Dancing Horses Before the End of the World

Michael Polish is the director, creator, and producer of the 10-part indie episodic series Bring on the Dancing Horses. Starring…

2 years ago
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Sundance 2022 Is About ‘Convergence,’ Says Festival Director Tabitha Jackson

Tabitha Jackson’s second year as director of the Sundance Film Festival is looking a lot like her first: fully online.…

2 years ago
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Sundance Survey 2022: 17 Moviemakers Take Us Inside Their Projects

Of the 17 Sundance Film Festival-bound moviemakers we questioned about their projects, three mentioned drinking Champagne when they got the…

2 years ago