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Interview: Jennifer Fox – The Tale

Previously known for documentaries Beirut: The Last Home Movie (1987) and My Reincarnation (2011), producer and cinematographer Jennifer Fox just entered the narrative sphere....

Video: Jennifer Fox’s The Tale | 2018 Sundance Film Festival

While Jennifer Fox does indeed come from a docu-background, HBO's push towards narrative and landing the rights to The Tale (the day before we shot this video)...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #79. Jennifer Fox’s The Tale

The Tale After decades of documenting powerful women and their stories, docu filmmaker made the jump into narrative for her first time in May of...

Sundance ’18: Morano, Silva, Akhavan & Boots Riley Among U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections

Last year's section of sixteen included such gems as Beach Rats (Directing Award), Brigsby Bear, Ingrid Goes West (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Golden Exits...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jennifer Fox’s The Tale

As they were still putting final touches on the project at the midway point of 2017, and didn't drop in the fall fest season,...

2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jennifer Fox’s The Tale

Not unlike Gabriela Cowperthwaite, here is the example of another female docu filmmaker who broke out at Sundance and has now climbed into fiction narrative territory....

Exclusive: Poster Premiere for Claire Carré’s “Embers”

We've been tracking the development of Claire Carré's directorial debut since it successfully launched its Kickstarter campaign in late 2013 (it was subsequently selected as...

DuVall, Interrupted: Lynskey, Lyonne, Shawkat & Smulders Join Thesp’s Directorial Debut

While not all that unusual in a country such as France, we can add the name of Clea DuVall to the stream of under 40 actresses...

Wild Canaries | Review

Good Neighbors: Levine’s Indie Murder Mystery a Passing Homage to Classic Comedy Actor/writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine reunites with director/actress wife Sophia Takal for his third...

You’re Not You | Review

You-Hoo: Wolfe’s ALS Drama Tries To Balance Sentiment With Schmaltz Hilary Swank seems attracted to playing daunted heroines, continually up against considerable odds---the homophobic rednecks...

About Alex | Review

Still the Chill: Zwick Assembles Fine Cast for Routine Exercise Jesse Zwick, son of director Edward Zwick, has amassed a fine cast of young actors...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #175. Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries

Wild Canaries Director: Lawrence Michael Levine Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine Producers: Takal, Kim Sherman, E. McCabe Walsh U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alia Shawkat,...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries

He managed to put together the Indie actress all-star team of Sophia Takal, Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil and Lena Dunham (forgive the pun)...

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