“We Didn’t Want to Just Chuck in a Bunch of New Bits”: Editor David Timoner on Dig! XX
A still from DIG! XX, a Sundance 2024 40th Edition Celebration Screening. Winner of Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize in 2004, Ondi Timoner’s DIG! used the developing careers of indie rock bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to…
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Four Daughters Director on Her Groundbreaking Documentary Film
2023 was a year of great documentaries. While it stands as its own medium of film entirely, in a comparative sense, it rose above any other cinematic genre of the year thanks to titles like Menus Plaisir — Les Troisgros,…
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“We Realized During the Edit That There Were Several Options for the Ending”: Editor Sofi Marshall on I Saw the TV Glow
I Saw the TV Glow, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Suburban teen loner Owen (Justice Smith) is introduced to a late-night TV show shrouded in mystery by a fellow classmate (Brigette Lundy-Paine) in I Saw the TV Glow, the latest genre…
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Hazbin Hotel Stars Chat Up the Series Epic World-Building, LGBTQ+ Characters, and More
As a way of bringing a non-violent alternative to reducing Hell's overpopulation, the bright-eyed daughter of Lucifer, a.k.a. the devil, opens a rehabilitation hotel so that misfit demons get a chance at redemption. The goal: Get them to Heaven. It’s…
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“I’ve Never Had a Director Give Me a GIF as a Reference Before”: DP Cristina Dunlap on American Fiction
Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown in American Fiction (courtesy of Orion Pictures) Music videos have been good to Cristina Dunlap. As a photography-obsessed high schooler, a chance meeting landed the L.A. native a gig shooting stills on a music…
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‘Maestro’ – Carey Mulligan Reveals the Scene That Intimidated Her Most
The Big Picture Perri Nemiroff moderates a Collider FYC Q&A with Maestro star Carey Mulligan. During their conversation, Mulligan revisits her journey with the Bradley Cooper-directed film, which began in 2018. She also details some of the toughest scenes to…
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Hazbin Hotel Creator Vivienne Medrano and Broadway Stars Jessica Vosk and Daphne Rubin-Vega Talk New Show
There’s a special place in hell — literally — for second chances, and it’s the Hazbin Hotel. That’s also the name of Prime Video’s wildly inventive new animated series featuring Broadway stars from the likes of Jeremy Jordan (The Last…
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“Being a Latina Immigrant Offered Me Personal Insight Into the Culture That Influenced and Inspired This Great Artist”: Carla Gutiérrez on Her Sundance-Premiering Frida
FRIDA by Carla Gutiérrez (photo by Lucienne Bloch, courtesy Sundance Institute) Though 2024 marks seven decades since the passing of Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, it often feels as if the ubiquitous artist never actually died (or lived) at…
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Talking Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole With Writer/Director Lilton Stewart III
Recently I spoke with Writer/Director Lilton Stewart III about his new film. How did you get into directing and what was your big break? I found my way into directing pretty late in life. I always wanted to be in…
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Ariana DeBose Talks Zero Gravity Survival with I.S.S. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite
American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station become deadly adversaries after the outbreak of global war on Earth. A symbol of peace and scientific cooperation devolves into bloody conflict with horrific circumstances. I.S.S. posits a terrifying future…
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“Trying To Fit Someone’s Dream Into a Confined Budget Is Not Easy”: Producer Sam Intili on I Saw the TV Glow
I Saw the TV Glow, courtesy of Sundance Institute. A strange late-night TV show entrances teen loners, played by Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine, in I Saw the TV Glow, writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature. The program depicts a supernatural…
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“Anyone That Watched the Early Cuts Had the Same Reaction”: Editors Dashya Broadway and Jon Higgins on Your Monster
Still from Your Monster. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Will Stone. In Caroline Lindy’s debut feature, an actress’s life quickly bottoms out, only to be rebuilt with the help of a monster living in her closet. Premiering in Sundance’s…
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