“I Was Blind to My Own Blackness by Apartheid’s Design”: Milisuthando Bongela on Milisuthando
Milisuthando, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The self-described South African “writer, editor, cultural worker and artist”—and now debut feature filmmaker—Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid. Yet she also didn’t, at least not within the straightforward narrative of having witnessed a racist…
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Gerard Butler and Mike Colter Discuss Their Action-Packed Thriller Plane
Imagine surviving an emergency plane landing (after being struck by lightning), only to get taken hostage on a war-torn island. Well, you don't have to use your imagination here as Director Jean-François Richet (The Emperor of Paris, Blood Father) alongside…
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“This Film Is Not Just for Disabled People, It Is for Anyone Who’s Ever Felt ‘Other'”: Ella Glendining on Is There Anybody Out There?
Is There Anybody Out There?, courtesy of Sundance Institute. While many non-white, non-straight folks have long lamented underrepresentation in cinema, Ella Glendining has literally never seen anyone that looks like her on-screen—or off-screen, for that matter. (Yes, other similarly bodied…
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“I Realized That a Sauna Is Not Just for Cleaning the Body, but Also the Soul”: Anna Hints on Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, courtesy of Sundance Institute Debuting January 22 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is an intimate look at a tradition that UNESCO has added to its “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of…
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There’s Something Wrong With The Children Star Amanda Crew Discusses the New Supernatural Thriller
The new supernatural thriller There's Something Wrong with the Children follows Ellie (Amanda Crew, Silicon Valley) and Thomas (Carlos Santos, Gentefied), and their two children Lucy (Briella Guiza), and Spencer (Briella Guiza) (David Mattle) as they spend the weekend at…
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“Independent Media Can Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty”: Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler on Bad Press
Bad Press, courtesy of Sundance Institute. While freedom of the press has certainly been a newsworthy topic these past few years, those of us in the US can at least take comfort in (i.e., take for granted) the fact that…
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Saint Omer Star Guslagie Malanga on Playing an Infamous Murderess
One of the most haunting performances of 2022 came about in a very peculiar way. Guslagie Malanga had only starred in one film from 2014, and went on to earn an Art History degree and become an art curator in…
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“Emanuele Asked Me to ‘Undertake the Journey’ With Him”: Editor Clelio Benevento on L’Immensità
L'Immensità, courtesy of Sundance Institute. After premiering at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, Italian director Emanuele Crialese’s latest feature L’Immensità makes its way Sundance in the festival’s “Spotlight” section. Co-written by Crialese alongside Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni, the film…
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Koala Man Showrunners Flex Their Creative Muscles in Hulu’s New Animated Comedy
Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit are showing off their creative superpowers this week. The ambitious showrunners of Koala Man, their new animated comedy series from creator Michael Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy), just dropped on Hulu. Quirky and free-spirited, the show…
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“We Needed To Embrace a Certain Amount of Ugliness”: DP Dustin Lane on Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Daisy Ridley stars in Sometimes I Think About Dying, directed by Rachel Lambert and co-written by Kevin Armento, Stefanie Abel Horowitz and Katy Wright-Mead. Ridley plays Fran, an office worker who,…
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There’s Something Wrong with the Children’s Alisha Wainwright Talks Starring in the New Psychological Thriller
There's Something Wrong with the Children, the new supernatural thriller from Blumhouse, follows Margaret (Alisha Wainwright, Raising Dion) and Ben (Zach Gilford, The Purge: Anarchy) as they spend the weekend at a cabin with their longtime friends Ellie (Amanda Crew,…
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“A Foray Into the Heart of Different Family Dynamics”: Editor Anouk Deschênes on The Longest Goodbye
The Longest Goodbye. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) While the prospect of traveling on a years-long expedition to Mars might seem like an alien scenario to most, Ido Mizrahy’s documentary The Longest Goodbye argues that we may have more in common…
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