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Sundance Review: ‘Passing’ is stylized and seductive but remains out of reach

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

In yet another female directorial debut featured at the Sundance Film Festival, acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall premiered her new film, Passing, a stylized look at... Read More

Satellite Awards: ‘Mank’ leads film nominations; ‘The Crown leads television

Erik Anderson February 1, 2021

The International Press Academy (IPA) today announces its nominations for the 25th Satellite Awards in Motion Pictures and Television, along with Special Achievement Award Recipients.... Read More

NEON picks up Jamila Wignot’s Alvin ‘Ailey’ doc out of Sundance

Erik Anderson January 31, 2021

NEON made its second acquisition of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, the moving and intimate portrait of dance legend Alvin Ailey. The film... Read More

Sundance Review: Werewolf thriller ‘Eight for Silver’ is an inventive but languid Hammer throwback

Clint Worthington January 31, 2021

Writer/director Sean Ellis may have filmed his werewolf creeper Eight for Silver before the pandemic, but it certainly arrives at an opportune moment. A mysterious... Read More

Sundance Review: Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ mines folk-horror inspiration from the pandemic

Clint Worthington January 31, 2021

Sundance has been chock-a-block with films exploring our collective anxieties and traumas surrounding the COVID-19 crisis — from the harrowing accounts out of China from... Read More

Interview: Kate Tsang, director of ‘Marvelous and the Black Hole’

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Interview: Kate Tsang, director of ‘Marvelous and the Black Hole’

Dewey Singleton January 31, 2021

Marvelous and the Black Hole is set to debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, marking the directorial debut of Kate Tsang. Her film... Read More

Sundance Review: Jakub Piatek’s hostage thriller ‘Prime Time’ doesn’t break new ground but features a star-making turn from Bartosz Bielenia

Catherine Springer January 30, 2021

On the face of it, the new film Prime Time, from Polish director Jakub Piatek, premiering at Sundance Film Festival, has all the makings of... Read More

Sundance Review: Edgar Wright shines a bright light on iconic duo in ‘The Sparks Brothers’

Catherine Springer January 30, 2021

Perhaps the biggest criticism of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is the fact that it tends to only induct the hitmakers, not the... Read More

Sundance Review: Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill’s candid doc ‘Cusp’ intuitively captures modern American girlhood

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Sundance Review: Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill’s candid doc ‘Cusp’ intuitively captures modern American girlhood

Emily Maskell January 30, 2021

Cusp is a striking portrait of female adolescence. The documentary is a candid exploration of the reality of girlhood from debut feature filmmakers Isabel Bethencourt... Read More

Interview: Stanley Tucci talks ‘Supernova,’ “Tucci Gang,” and his secret negroni ingredient

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Interview: Stanley Tucci talks ‘Supernova,’ “Tucci Gang,” and his secret negroni ingredient

Dewey Singleton January 30, 2021

Stanley Tucci is a renaissance man. Whether it’s his wildly popular Instagram videos where we see him making cocktails, his television work which takes him... Read More

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