‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Is “Not Afraid To Go There” With Its Twisted Fairy Tale Body Horror
Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff sits down with the writer-director and cast of The Ugly Stepsister at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Emilie Blichfeldt's debut feature, The Ugly Stepsister, is a twisted retelling of Cinderella through the eyes of the other…
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“We Had to Turn Everything Upside Down”: Producer Mads-August Hertz on Sauna
Still from Sauna. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Sauna tells the story of a budding romance between a cis man and a transgender man in Copenhagen that forces both of them to consider how they conceive of themselves in relation to…
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Justin Lin Battled Monsoons, Industry “Booby Traps,” and “the Worst of Humanity” for ‘Last Days’
Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub sat with Last Days' Justin Lin, Sky Young, Toby Wallace, and Marny Kennedy at Sundance 2025. Lin talks about returning to indie films, monsoons destroying sets, financing struggles, and Keanu Reeve's last-minute save. The cast were…
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“Capturing a Kenyan Point of View as a Central Theme”: DP Christopher King on How to Build a Library
Still from How to Build a Library. Sundance Institute. Shiro and Wachuka are two Nairobi women who attempt to transform the McMillan Memorial Library, a whites-only library until 1958, into a modern and vibrant cultural hub. Their attempts to navigate…
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‘Together’s Alison Brie and Dave Franco on “Full Bonkers” Body Horror and “Extreme Level” Intimacy
Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub sat down with Alison Brie and Dave Franco for Together at the Sundance Film Festival 2025. Real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco star and produce in horror indie Together about a couple whose move to…
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“…How To Put Myself in a Situation Where the Outside Pain Helps Me Reach the Inside Pain…”: Stefan Djordjevic on His IFFR-Premiering Wind, Talk to Me
Wind Talk to Me German philosopher Ernst Bloch was noted for his introspection and study around what he termed the “utopian imagination.” He put forth the concept of simultaneous non-simultaneity: the possibility that people could live in different temporalities while…
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Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich Were Crucial in Shaping the Story of A24’s Cultish Thriller ‘Opus’
Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff sits down with writer-director Mark Anthony Green and the cast of Opus at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Opus is A24's new mysterious thriller about a mega-pop star who returns to the scene after being MIA…
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“A Mix of Natural Indie Style, Theatrical Spotlights and Neon Colors”: DP Dustin Supencheck on Touch Me
Olivia Taylor Dudley in Touch Me. Courtesy of Sundance Institute Following his 2022 film Hypochondriac, writer-director Addison Heimann’s Touch Me centers on two best friends (Olivia Taylor Dudley and Jordan Gavaris) who fall under the erotic spell of the same guy…
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‘The Recruit’s Noah Centineo and Teo Yoo on Their Hopes for a Possible Season 3
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of The Recruit.] Summary In Season 2 of the Netflix series 'The Recruit,' Owen Hendricks partners with NIS Agent Jang Kyun, who aims to rescue his kidnapped wife at any…
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“The Censorship Our Librarians Face is One We Will Face in Our Field”: Producer Janique L. Robillard on The Librarians
The Librarians, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Director Kim A. Snyder (Us Kids) turns her camera to the frontlines of the contemporary book-banning wave that is sweeping many U.S. states, particularly Florida and Texas, in The Librarians. The film is part of…
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Rachel Sennott Can’t Get Enough of ‘Bunnylovr’ and First-Time Director Katarina Zhu
Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff talks with the cast and crew behind Bunnylovr at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Bunnylovr explores the world of cam girls, including toxic relationships, emotional well-being, and cultural taboos. In this interview, writer-director Katarina Zhu, actress…
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“These Small Letters Can Cause Such Instability”: DP Paulius Kontijevas on The Librarians
The Librarians, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The Librarians shines a light on the people on the frontlines of the ongoing war on education, focusing on the renewed wave of book bans in Florida, New Jersey, and especially Texas. The film,…
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