Dylan Kai Dempsey

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Dylan Kai Dempsey is a New York-based writer/filmmaker. His reviews have been published in Vanity Fair, Variety, No Film School, Nonfiction.fr and IONCINEMA.com. He’s also developing a graphic novel as well as his own award-winning pilot script, #Likes4Lucas. He began as a development intern at Bonafide Productions in L.A. and Rainmark Productions in London.

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Edson Oda’s Nine Days Leads Dylan Dempsey’s Top 10 Films of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

This year’s Sundance slate was one of the most diverse ever: nearly half of the 128 feature films were directed by women; 34% of...

The Year that Was… Dylan Dempsey’s Top 10 of 2019

I say this every year, but this year it’s especially true: this was a great year for cinema. And I don’t just mean Marty...

Sundance 2020: Dylan Dempsey’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

Sundance 2020’s narrative slate is filled with a stellar list of incumbents returning after initial Sundance breakthroughs: Dee Rees, Eliza Hittman, Justin Simien, Carlos...

Wisdom Tooth | 2019 PYIFF Review

A seductive debut film, Liang Ming’s Wisdom Tooth is a bildungsroman, both understated and immersive. Vividly rendered characters, organic humor plus a splash of...

Honey Boy | Review

Tears of a Clown: Har’el and LaBoeuf Exorcise Demons Honey Boy is a shockingly personal movie where Shia LaBoeuf plays his own dad. If that...

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