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Netflix Nearing Deal to Acquire Sundance Hit ‘Passing’
Just days after it made its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing is in talks to be acquired by Netflix. Netflix is reportedly close to paying nearly $16 million for the film, which premiered to critical praise at the festival (our review of the movie can be found […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Pleasure’ is an Extreme and Honest Look at Making It in Porn
The world of pornography is not for the faint of heart. To make it, you need to compartmentalize, have real inner strength, and a skillset that truly makes one a performer. All of that is fully realized in the extreme and unflinching Pleasure, currently shocking at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. As much as the […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Together Together’ Proves Quite Charming
Sundance comedies don’t need to always break new ground. They can easily be successes if they just effectively execute the formulas that have come before. Together Together is one such example of that. Narratively, there’s very little here that we haven’t seen before (save for one quirk in the premise). The execution is where it […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ Never Quite Reaches Its Destination
Online gaming is a community all its own. We’ve long seen how addicted folks can get, and the debate is nothing new about whether it’s a bad thing or just a new way of bonding. The question is somewhat tackled in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, a movie that teases with its potential. […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ is Here to Keep you Awake at Night
You’re not going to want to visit New Zealand anytime soon after watching Coming Home in the Dark, the lean and mean debut feature from director James Ashcroft. If the Lake Barryessa scene in Zodiac chilled you to the core, the opening act of Ashcroft’s film is going to put you right back into that headspace. When a family takes […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Awards Given Out for 2021
Did you think that CODA’s Sundance dominance was going to end with its record breaking $25 million acquisition deal? If you did then you were sorely mistaken, as the newly minted Apple release just pulled off a sweep at the Sundance awards like nothing we’ve ever seen. A massive crowd pleaser from its opening night premiere, Sian […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Jockey’ is a Sturdy Character Study with a Top Notch Clifton Collins Jr. Turn
Just about every single profession has seen a character study focus in on someone who does that job. Now, Jockey gives that honor to the title profession, though it’s hardly just a movie centered on what jockeys do. No, in true Sundance Film Festival fashion, it’s a flick studying the human experience, lineage, and aging. […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ is Nicolas Cage’s Wildest Movie Yet
How does one even begin to describe Prisoners of the Ghostland, the English-language debut of Japanese director Sion Sono? Star Nicolas Cage stated that it is “the wildest movie I’ve ever made”, which sounds like hyperbole coming from the guy who has made Vampire’s Kiss, Face/Off, and Wild at Heart, among others, but he might actually be right. This is a madcap, […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘First Date’ is a Fun Action-Comedy Throwback
A first date gone wrong can be the premise for just about any Sundance Film Festival offering imaginable. Comedy, drama, thriller, you name it. Luckily, the on the nose titled First Date has a little bit of everything, offering up a mixture that appeals to almost any sensibility. The movie is having fun as it […] More
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Sundance Interview: Iuli Gerbase on the Unintentional COVID-19 Allegory of ‘The Pink Cloud’
When Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase conceived her debut feature The Pink Cloud four years ago, she had no idea that the COVID-19 pandemic would come to frame her film in a new light. Now that it has finally been released, this drama – about a new couple forced to quarantine due to a deadly pink […] More
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in Editor, Festivals, Interviews
Video Interview: The Cast and Filmmakers of ‘First Date’ Talk About Their Sundance Hit
As much as the Sundance Film Festival is often a meat market for acquiring new films, it’s also a place to uncover new talent. The movie First Date, playing at the festival, is one such project that’s chock full of exciting newcomers. This goes for both in front of and behind the camera. The flick […] More
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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Mayday’ Has Sparks of Creativity but Often Frustrates
Creativity and imagination burn bright in Mayday, but that can only take a movie so far. After that, you need a story that compels the audience to buy into what you’re selling. This movie does not have that, sadly. Like all too many Sundance Film Festival entries over the years, it’s style with no substance. […] More
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