“Choosing the Perfect Lens for Us Was the Bigger Challenge”: DP André Jäger on The Persian Version
The Persian Version, courtesy of Sundance Institute. When Leila’s (Layla Mohammadi) Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for her father’s heart transplant surgery, a secret that she’s been keeping is unceremoniously spilled. What she wasn’t expecting, however, is learning…
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Teen Wolf Stars Discuss Their Return to Beacon Hills in New Movie
Teen Wolf has had a fascinating history over the past four decades. Following the cheesy Michael J. Fox classic in 1985, a sequel and an animated kids show (The Cartoon Adventures of Teen Wolf) was created before the idea laid…
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How Willem Dafoe Influenced Jasmine Curtis-Smith’s Fairy
Prime Video wasn’t about to let anyone else snatch up In My Mother’s Skin at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Before the movie's January 20th debut, the streamer claimed the global distribution rights to the much-praised Midnight line-up selection. Writer-director…
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“We Initially Imagined It as a Rectangle That From the Left Starts Off Dark, Gray and Gloomy”: Editor Iva Radivojevic on King Coal
In Sundance NEXT selection King Coal, Elaine McMillion Sheldon employs a hybrid approach, blending contemporary imagery with archival material and poetic voiceover to explore the impact that coal — the substance and the industry — has had on Central Appalachia.…
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Maryam Keshavarz Discusses Turning the Lens Towards Herself for The Persian Version
Maryam Keshavarz was coming out of an undoubtedly exciting weekend at Sundance Film Festival when we met over Zoom earlier this week. Her latest film, The Persian Version, had just made its premiere as part of the festival's U.S. Dramatic…
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Gael García Bernal Details His Lucha Libre Training for Cassandro
Now that the 2023 Sundance Film Festival is over I can say this with the utmost certainty — Cassandro was my favorite film of the festival. Gael García Bernal delivers a pitch-perfect performance bringing Saúl Armendáriz’s story to screen in…
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Joe Cornish on His Netflix Series Lockwood & Co. and Attack the Block 2
Joe Cornish is a talented man. A Jack (or Joe) of all trades, Cornish began his career with several hilarious projects alongside his comedic partner Adam Buxton, including radio shows and their lo-fi, whimsical Adam and Joe Show on Channel…
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“Most Films Go Through What I Call an Accordion Process:” Editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts on Victim/Suspect
Below, editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts discuss their work on Nancy Schwartzman’s Sundance-premiering Netflix documentary, Victim/Suspect, her follow-up to the doc Roll Red Roll. The film deals with alleged victims rape and sexual assault who find themselves on the…
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Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Kinda Feel Left Out Cast Talks Sundance
Jake Van Wagoner’s second feature film, Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Kinda Feel Left Out, made its debut at Sundance this year, and introduced festival-goers to Itsy (played by Emma Tremblay), a teen girl starting the school year…
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Tony Todd Discusses All Gone Wrong, The First Deep Breath, and His Love of Theater
Tony Todd has made an indelible impression on American pop culture for decades. The veteran character actor has starred in such film classics as Platoon, Night of the Living Dead (1990), The Rock, and Candyman, while also making memorable television…
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“The Awkwardness in the Air is the Spirit We Want to Capture: The Accidental Getaway Driver Editor Yang-Hua Hu
The Accidental Getaway Driver, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Collateral meets The Desperate Hours against the backdrop of issues of Vietnamese immigration and assimilation in this Orange County-set thriller that marks the feature directorial debut of music video director Sing J. Lee.…
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The Cast of Fear and Director Deon Taylor Discuss the Anticipated Horror Movie
While the idea of a 'COVID Cinema' may induce some eye rolls, there have been some great films which either tackle the pandemic directly or explore it tangentially. Generally, the more subtle films tend to be the best, allowing themselves…
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