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As a flurry of white snowflakes fall on a pitch-black sky, the word TYREL is superimposed over them in bold black font. It’s writer/director Sebastian Silva’s first attempt of many to underline the differences between this film’s black protagonist, played by Jason Mitchell (Mudbound, Straight Outta Compton), and the group of all-white bros he’s staying […]
On the January 25, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about their favorite films of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (here is […]
Our shorthand notions of a “Sundance” movie – small-ish, character-driven comedy/drama, usually directed by an earnest first-timer or up-and-comer, and with a cast of indie regulars, screen newcomers, and/or stars looking for recognition as Serious Actors – are almost all tied to the narrative features of the fest’s Dramatic, Premiere, and NEXT competitions. But nearly […]
Ever since its publication in 1999, author Walter Dean Myers’ award-winning novel Monster has be a favorite among young adults, providing them a glimpse into the world of Steve Harmon, a black teenager whose life is thrown into chaos when he is arrested and put on trial for taking part in a robbery gone wrong, […]
Movies about fractured families are easy to come by at the Sundance Film Festival, so it takes something special to make them stand out. In the case of Hearts Beat Loud from writer/director Brett Haley (The Hero, I’ll See You in My Dreams), the special ingredient comes in the form of Nick Offerman and Kiersey […]
Jonathan Watson, the longtime assistant director on films as varied as Bad Boys and The Truman Show, makes his directorial debut with Arizona, a thriller set in the midst of the late 2000s economic housing crisis that stars Rosemarie DeWitt as a single mom realtor on the run from a deranged homeowner played by Danny McBride. […]
For the first time, VR has scored the kind of film-festival deal usually accorded to conventional movies. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a68e2986c4bf838f2d6829d/master/pass/BlackHoleMerge_1_HD.jpg
As the first major film festival of the year, Sundance is ground zero for distributors discovering some of the gems that will populate film release schedules throughout the rest of the year. Here is our list of movies sold at Sundance 2018 so far, which should be coming to theaters, VOD, and streaming services in the […]
Which is the more effective way to confront an issue: facts or emotion? For filmmaker Garrett Bradley, the question sets up a false contrast — one is, in fact, strengthened by the other. “You can watch a film and feel empathy, connect on some level,” the 31-year-old explains. “And that entry point, hopefully, can expand […]
Before walking into this movie, the only thing I knew about Lizzie Borden was that she murdered her parents. But in Lizzie, director Craig William Macneill (The Boy, Channel Zero) and screenwriter Bryce Kass offer a different take on the still-unsolved killings that totally rewrites Lizzie’s narrative, casting her as a righteous heroine instead of […]
