“I Wanted To Make Sure the Film Felt Lived In”: Editor Ryan Kendrick on Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The depressing atmosphere of cubicle culture permeates Sometimes I Think About Dying, Rachel Lambert’s latest directorial effort. At least until a charming new hire begins to break down the defenses of…
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The Cast of Hunters Discuss the Show’s Epic Final Season
Knowing that there are neo-Nazis out in the real world like the character of Travis Leach in Prime Video’s Hunters series is one thing but portraying such a character on screen is another. Greg Austin so wickedly morphed into treacherous…
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“I Wanted To Take a Closer Look at How People Shut Down”: Veerle Baetens on When It Melts
When It Melts, courtesy of Sundance Institute. It’s somehow been a decade since Veerle Baetens was named best European actress for her incandescent, heart-wrenching turn in The Broken Circle Breakdown. As a bluegrass-loving tattoo artist gradually obliterated by tragedy, Baetens’…
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Koala Man Creator on How The Simpsons and Spider-Man Influenced His New Animated Series
Saving kittens in peril and posting no-dog-poop signs around the neighborhood isn’t the most glamorous job, but for somebody like Kevin, it’s heaven. In Koala Man, Hulu’s clever new animated series, middle-aged Kevin (voiced by Aussie Michael Cusack who also…
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“In the Desert, There Were Challenges We Couldn’t Foresee”: DP Boaz Freund on The Longest Goodbye
The Longest Goodbye. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) The inherent loneliness of deep space exploration is the foundation of The Longest Goodbye, filmmaker Ido Mizrahy’s latest documentary. Particularly as it concerns NASA’s looming deadline to have a mission blast off to…
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“We Hope That This Film and Its Female Narrative Will Echo the Voice of Iranian Women”: Editor Elika Rezaee on Shayda
Shayda courtesy of Sundance Institute. Elika Rezaee understood that signing on to edit Shayda, the deeply personal narrative debut from writer-director Noora Niasari, would require the utmost sensitivity. The film mines from Niasari’s lived experiences, following the titular character as she…
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Hunters Creator David Weil and Star Logan Lerman Unpack the Wildly Explosive Final Season
Adolf Hitler is still alive. Meyer Offerman duped everybody—he was a Nazi doctor in hiding all along. Then came his surprising death. Those were the major reveals at the end of the first season of Hunters three long years ago.…
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“I Opted for a Low-key Chiaroscuro Look”: DP Sherwin Akbarzadeh on Shayda
Shayda courtesy of Sundance Institute. Writer-director Noora Niasari’s debut feature, Shayda, is a deeply personal tale of trauma and tenacity. With a script mining from Niasari’s lived experiences, the film centers on the titular character Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), an…
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The Dragon Knight EP Discusses Season 2 of the Netflix Series
Everybody is Kung Fu fighting over at Netflix as the streaming service is about to drop the second season of Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. The season has Master Po (Jack Black) traveling the globe on the hunt for…
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“For This Project, I Had a Collection of Over 1000 Images of Penélope Cruz”: DP Gergely Pohárnok on L’Immensità
DP Gergely Pohárnok behind the scenes of L'Immensità. The fifth feature from Emanuele Crialese, L’Immensità, is a semi-autobiographical family drama that takes place amid the backdrop of ’70s Rome. The film premiered earlier this year at the Venice International Film…
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“With This Film, It Came Full Circle”: Editor Ron Patane on The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation. Photo credit: Andrij Parekh, courtesy of Sundance Institute. In The Pod Generation, the third feature film from French-American director Sophie Barthes, the process of pregnancy and birth has been offloaded from human bodies, relegated to artificial pods…
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Director Antonino D’Ambrosio Discusses His Powerful Roberta Flack Documentary
The life and creative genius of the legendary Roberta Flack comes to life in the captivating new documentary Roberta, which premieres at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 7. Audiences can also catch it on the long-running PBS…
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