Cory Finley & Kylie Rogers Talk Landscape with Invisible Hand’s at Sundance
In screenwriter and director Cory Finley’s third feature, Landscape with Invisible Hand, the near-future Earth has been overtaken by an alien species. Rather, the governments have handed over control to the Vuvv – said alien species – in a transaction…
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“A Story That Plays With the Senses”: DP Lílis Soares on Mami Wata
Mami Wata, courtesy of Sundance Institute. A folkloric African water deity is the titular focus of Mami Wata, the Sundance-premiering film from writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi. The revered Mama Efe (Rita Edochie) serves as the conduit between the inhabitants of…
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The Cast of The Ark on the Sci-Fi Show’s Characters and Secrets
Adding the words "... in space" to the end of any title creates immediate sci-fi imagery that's usually pretty interesting, if easy. It's a good descriptive tool for recommending and reviewing certain shows and films. For the new original Syfy…
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‘Rye Lane’ Cast & Director on the Strange and Messy Charm of Their Romcom
You’ve never seen a romantic comedy quite like Raine Allen-Miller's Rye Lane. Not only is the film oozing with style, passion, and authorial expressivity, but it also features two fantastic lead performances that confirm no other actors could have brought…
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Sarah Spillane Directs the Extraordinary Story of Sailor Jessica Watson in True Spirit
Director Sarah Spillane adapts the extraordinary true story of Jessica Watson into an uplifting feature film. Watson, a 16-year-old Australian teenager, became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe as a solo sailor. True Spirit follows her epic and incredibly…
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“Many Moments Are Raw and Shot on Intuition”: DP Iris Ng on Twice Colonized
Twice Colonized, courtesy of Sundance Institute Twice Colonized, the documentary from filmmaker Lin Alluna, focuses on the life and activism of Aaju Peter, a Greenlandic Inuit who advocates for the human rights of Arctic Indigenous people like herself. As a…
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Jonathan Majors on Magazine Dreams and Making the Bodybuilding Drama
Writer and director Elijah Bynum’s second feature film, Magazine Dreams, stars Jonathan Majors as Killian, a Black, amateur bodybuilder with dreams of winning world championships. He can see himself on the covers of magazines, but in order to achieve these…
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Aqua Teen Creators (Don’t) Discuss Their New Movie Plantasm
Mechanical banana replacement gnome. That sentence makes about as much sense (but is not nearly as funny) as Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's appropriate, then, that interviews with its creators, Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, would quickly devolve into comedy…
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“A Collaboration of Kindred Expression”: Editor Mark Bukdahl on Twice Colonized
Twice Colonized, courtesy of Sundance Institute Greenlandic Inuit activist and lawyer Aaju Peter is the subject of Twice Colonized, a documentary by filmmaker Lin Alluna. Through her work, she forces colonizing forces Denmark and Canada to pay for their crimes,…
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Director Phil Blattenberger Hunts Nazis in Condor’s Nest
Director/writer Phil Blattenberger hunts villainous Nazis in South America after World War II. Condor's Nest follows an American veteran on a quest for vengeance. Jacob Keohane stars as Will Spalding, a radioman shot down with his B-17 crew over France…
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Daisy Ridley Discusses Sometimes I Think About Dying at Sundance 2023
One of the films that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was director Rachel Lambert’s touching comedy-drama, Sometimes I Think About Dying, starring Daisy Ridley. Adapted from a short, the movie follows the somewhat awkward Fran (Ridley) through her…
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“I Was Drawn to Harlem as a Character and How Gentrification Was Also an Antagonist”: DP Eric Yue on A Thousand and One
A.V. Rockwell’s feature debut A Thousand and One begins with Inez (Teyana Taylor) migrating between shelters during an intensely hot summer in ’90s-era New York City. Her 6-year-old son Terry is in foster care, and she makes the bold decision…
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