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10 years of homegrown horror hits: Talk To Me and the golden age of Aussie horror

The past decade has been a golden one for Australian horror, bookended by The Babadook in 2014 and the current sensation Talk to Me.

The Conversation

Inside the Sundance Labs, which have helped launch some of Hollywood's top filmmakers

The Sundance Institute might be best known for its annual film festival in Park City, Utah, but the screenwriting and directing labs have been just as, if not more, influential in helping to launch the first films of many of Hollywood’s top filmmakers over the past 40 years

The Independent UK

Sundance Institute gets $4 million to support Indigenous filmmakers

LOS ANGELES — The nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival has received its largest endowment ever — totaling $4 million — to fund programs meant to boost Indigenous filmmakers from California tribes.

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Summer Movies: Indy, Barbie, ‘Fast X’ Zooming to Theaters

The stakes are always high in the summer movie season. But even in a schedule that has heavyweights like Indiana Jones, Ariel, Ethan Hunt and Dominic Toretto vying for box office supremacy, the biggest, funniest showdown is happening on July 21. On that fateful Friday, cinephiles will be faced with…

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Summer Movies: Indy, Barbie, 'Fast X' zooming to theaters

Hollywood's summer movie season kicks off on May 5 with the release of Disney and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol

The Independent UK

New Sundance Film Festival logo is the perfect homage to the big screen

So much more than just a rectangle.

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Oscars 2024: who might be in the running for next year’s awards?

From Colman Domingo to Saoirse Ronan, an early look at which actors and directors might win awards in 2024

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'20 Days in Mariupol' wins Sundance audience award

Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” a first-person account of the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, won the audience prize for world cinema documentary at the Sundance Film Festival

The Independent UK

'Talk to Me' review: A gruesome ghost story for the TikTok generation

The Philippou brothers' kinetic horror movie, newly acquired by A24, is sensational but overstuffed.

Inverse

Drift review – beautiful yet undercooked character study

Cynthia Erivo stars as a west African migrant who befriends Alia Shawkat’s American émigré in this too-quiet character drama

The Guardian - US

"Disturbing evidence" in Kavanaugh doc

The doc includes "evidence that Kavanaugh may have knowingly perjured himself"

Salon

What to stream: Revisit breakout hits from prior editions of Sundance

Last week, the 39th Sundance Film Festival kicked off, back in person in Park City, Utah, for the first time since 2020. While festivalgoers brave the cold and snow of the ski town, those at home can still participate, with virtual screenings through Jan. 29. Movie fans can also enjoy…

Tribune News Service

Why is it hard to make films accessible?

Jurors walked out of a festival film due to a lack of open captions. What are they and why do they matter?

Salon

'Animalia' review: An eerie alien invasion movie with metaphysical dreams

Sofia Alaoui's sci-fi alien invasion movie takes a turn for the confounding, cosmic, and mind-bending. Read our review out of Sundance.

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Brandon Cronenberg breaks down 'Infinity Pool,' the most disturbing film at Sundance

PARK CITY, Utah — Over three feature films, Brandon Cronenberg has carved out a distinctive style for himself, a blend of horror and sci-fi that musters an all-too-rare audience response of genuine shock. His latest film, "Infinity Pool," may be the most disturbing and unsettling film at Sundance this year,…

The Guardian - US

Flora and Son review – musical crowd-pleaser plays a simple but sweet tune

Once writer-director John Carney has made another winning, if flawed, film about music and love with a standout lead turn from Eve Hewson

AFP

Iranian women take center stage at Sundance film festival

Park City (United States) (AFP) - Movies by and about Iranian women took center stage at the Sundance film festival this weekend, as diaspora filmmakers reflected on female-led protests and the deadly challenges of censorship and resistance in their ancestral home.

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Cat Person review – viral short story becomes violent big screen thriller

The transformation of Kristen Roupenian’s nuanced internet-breaking story of modern dating is uneasily turned into a more literal shocker

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Ukraine directors bring horrors of Russian invasion to Sundance

Park City (United States) (AFP) - Two new documentaries from Ukrainian filmmakers highlighting the carnage wrought on their country by Russian aggression -- and the insidious effects of Kremlin propaganda -- premiere at the Sundance film festival this week.

The Guardian - US

Past Lives review – delicately sad romantic drama is a real achievement

Playwright Celine Song makes her film debut with a beautiful, aching story about childhood sweethearts reconnecting

Bangkok Post

Brooke Shields describes rape in Sundance documentary

LOS ANGELES: Brooke Shields revealed she was raped as a young Hollywood actress in new documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, which premiered on day two of the Sundance film festival Friday.

The Guardian - US

The Starling Girl review – Eliza Scanlen shines in transgressive coming of age drama

Sundance film festival: the Sharp Objects star steals the spotlight as a 17-year-old fundamentalist Christian in an intoxicating, forbidden relationship with her older youth pastor

Salon

The intimate asexual romance in "Slow"

A dancer begins a relationship with a sign-language interpreter in this Sundance film that rethinks expectations

The Independent UK

Sundance doc looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation

A new documentary looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Los Angeles Times

‘People are terrified’: Inside the premiere of Sundance’s surprise Brett Kavanaugh doc

PARK CITY, Utah — “Justice,” director Doug Liman’s surprise documentary about the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, premiered Friday at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

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