Tag: top-stories
Exclusive: MS Slavic 7 Trailer
Canadian filmmakers Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell continue their creative collaboration with Berlin Intl. Film Festival selected MS Slavic 7. Following the character of Audrey Benac...
Exclusive: The Stone Speakers Trailer
The 69th Berlin Intl. Film Festival kicks off today and we have your exclusive first look at the trailer to The Stone Speakers (Kameni...
Criterion Collection: Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Blu-ray Review
Of the four noted directorial efforts from writer-director Elaine May, whose career behind the camera ended after the critical debacle of 1987’s infamous...
Interview: Romina Paula – De Nuevo Otra Vez | 2019 Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam
A debut as rich and accomplished as Romina Paula’s Again Once Again is only surprising without prior knowledge of the Argentinian actress’ prolific output as...
Daughter of Mine | Review
Miss Mom: Bispuri Challenges Family Symmetry in Captivating Sophomore Pic
With her sensory filled coming-of-age sophomore feature, Laura Bispuri navigates the sweet and sour voyage...
Audio Interview: Laura Bispuri – Daughter of Mine (Figlia mia)
Day 4 at the Berlinale provided a gem of a film in provenance of the Mediterranean Sea's second largest island. The focal point of...
Interview: Joe Penna – Arctic
Arctic may be Joe Penna’s debut feature, but the Brazilian filmmaker has always been busy. A prolific Youtuber, editor, musician who built a channel...
The Seven Last Words | 2019 Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam Review
Orchestrating the Suffering: Wordless Omnibus Serves up the Right Image-track for Haydn’s Sonatas
Kaveh Nabatian pours all of his experience as director of shorts, docs...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #15. Paul Harrill – Light From Light
Filmmaker Paul Harrill from Light From Light is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected...
Exclusive: Character Cards for Selah and The Spades
Not unlike that sequence in The Godfather II where all cards are put on the table when Michael visits Hyman Roth in Florida, there...
Dolce Fine Giornata | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review
Under the Tuscan Sun: Borcuch Presents Compelling Intersection on Art and Political Responsibility
Polish director Jacek Borcuch travels abroad once again for his fifth feature,...
I Am Mother | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review
They Call Me Mother: Sputore Examines What It Means to Be Human in Sci-Fi Debut
Australia’s Grant Sputore makes an impressive directorial debut with the...
The Lodge | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review
You Gotta Have Faith: Severin & Fiala Mine Familial Madness in Warped Psychodrama
Reexamining similar themes of the inherent madness of isolation and the potential...
Hala | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review
A Way with Words: Baig Tests the Limits in Sophomore Feature
Minhal Baig’s sophomore feature is an important film: a winsome coming-of-age story that will...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #14. Tayarisha Poe – Selah and the Spades
Filmmaker Tayarisha Poe from Selah and the Spades is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films...
Monos | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review
Monkey See Monkey Do: Landes’ Latest a Moody, Hermetic Portrait of Guerilla Warfare
Brazil’s Alejandro Landes concocts a moody, textured exercise on child soldiers and...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #16. Ashley Connor – The Death of Dick Long
Cinematographer Ashley Connor from The Death of Dick Long is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films...
Golden Youth | 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam Review
Youth Without Youth: Ionesco Waxes and Wavers on Partying at Le Palace
Writer-director Eva Ionesco returns to semi-autobiographical inspiration for her sophomore film Golden Youth...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #12. Alistair Banks Griffin – The Wolf Hour
Filmmaker Alistair Banks Griffin from The Wolf Hour is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #13. Kaet McAnneny – The Wolf Hour
Production Designer Kaet McAnneny from Alistair Banks Griffin's The Wolf Hour is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #4. Rashaad Ernesto Green – Premature
Filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green from Premature is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #5. Zora Howard – Premature
Co-writer and actress Zora Howard from Premature is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #6. Joshua Boone – Premature
Actor Joshua Boone from Rashaad Ernesto Green's Premature is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #1. Alice Waddington – Paradise Hills
Added to the Sundance film festival at the beginning of the decade, over time, the NEXT section (formerly referred to as "<=>") has unearthed...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #2. Danielle Macdonald – Paradise Hills
Actress Danielle Macdonald from Paradise Hills is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #3. Núria Valls – Paradise Hills
Producer Núria Valls from Paradise Hills is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #9. Anna Margaret Hollyman – Sister Aimee
Actress Anna Margaret Hollyman from Sister Aimee is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #8. Marie Schlingmann – Sister Aimee
Filmmaker Marie Schlingmann from Sister Aimee is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for...
The Magic Life of V | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review
V for Vanquish: Hristov Showcases Role-Playing as Trauma Therapy in Intimate Doc
For his seventh documentary feature, Finland’s Tonislav Hristov returns to his home country...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #7. Samantha Buck – Sister Aimee
Filmmaker Samantha Buck from Sister Aimee is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for our...
Exclusive 1st Look: Poster One Sheet for Mark Jackson’s This Teacher
We have the exclusive first look at the poster one sheet for Mark Jackson's award-winning This Teacher --- a Grand Jury prize winner at...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #31. Trey Edward Shults’ Waves
Waves
Rapidly transitioning from sophomore film club and into production with his third oeuvre, Trey Edward Shults was the talk of the town with his award...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #32. Joe Berlinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
With Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Jeffrey Donovan, Angela Sarafyan, Brian Geraghty, Dylan...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #33. Braden King’s The Evening Hour
The Evening Hour
Eight years between narrative features and using a film vocabulary on his debut film (HERE) that might have been a cousin to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #34. Justin Chon’s Ms. Purple
Ms. Purple
A surprise entry for the Sundance Film Festival because his shooting dates appear to have been late 2018, we get the feeling that...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #10. Rhys Ernst – Adam
Director Rhys Ernst from Adam is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for our...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #35. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Limelight
Limelight
Currently working on television projects as the film is being set up, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has been attached to direct Limelight since April of last...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #11. Leo Sheng – Adam
Actor Leo Sheng from Adam is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected for our...
2019 Sundance Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films
Like many of the fourth quarter 2018 film festival circuit venues (Toronto, Venice, AFI), Sundance 2019 benefits from an overstuffed foreign film market, taking...
2019 Sundance Film Festival: Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films
Whether you’re going to the festival or just keeping tabs, here are my six picks—five features plus a short film bonus—from the many films...
2019 NEXT Section Sundance Trading Card Series: #17. George Rush – Give Me Liberty
Producer George Rush from Give Me Liberty is among the voices, faces and creative folks that are a part of the ten films selected...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #36. Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat
The Laundromat
His cut your teeth on something and techno-friendly attitude as a film buff, culture consumer and filmmaker now celebrating his third decade in...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #37. Daniel Scheinert’s The Death of Dick Long
The Death of Dick Long
Proving that they are indeed not attached at the hip, while we await their next team effort, one half of DANIELS...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #38. Justin Simien’s Bad Hair
Bad Hair
After the balayage that was Dear White People (the award-winning Sundance film that spawned a Netflix series), Justin Simien buzzed cut his way...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #39. Julie Taymor’s The Glorias: A Life on the Road
The Glorias: A Life On The Road
Not unlike Ruth Ginsburg receiving the extra spotlight for her trailblazing ways, timing feels about right now to...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #40. Rania Attieh/Daniel Garcia’s Initials S.G.
Initials S.G.
Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia sanguinely moved into production in January of 2018 with their fourth feature film, Initials S.G. A wink to Serge Gainsbourg, the...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #41. Wash Westmoreland’s The Earthquake Bird
The Earthquake Bird
A book to film project that was assembled late in 2016 and that takes place in on the cusp of the 1990's...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #42. Riley Stearns’ The Art of Self Defense
The Art of Self Defense
Taking his sweet time in the post production process (filming took place in September of 2017 with Jesse Eisenberg in...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #43. Jay Roach’s Fair and Balanced
Fair and Balanced
In a project that will carry a heavier price tag than Trumbo (read review), while we normally don't associate him with American indie,...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #44. Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw
We weren't fans of his overwrought clunker sophomore film Roman J. Israel, Esq., so we're hopeful that a reunion with Jake Gyllenhaal might...
