Sundance Film Festival
‘Chasing Summer’ Review: Iliza Shlesinger Captures Both the Pitfalls and Temptations in an Overachiever’s Humiliating Return Home
[ad_1] Texas is a big place that can feel so small sometimes. Just ask comedian Iliza Shlesinger, who clearly gets it. Born in New York, but raised in the suburbs...
Protesters Rally Against ICE as Political Climate Intensifies at Sundance: ‘Shoot Films, Not People’
[ad_1] Hundreds of protesters marched down Main Street in Park City on Monday during the Sundance Film Festival, chanting anti-ICE slogans and calling for accountability following the fatal shooting of...
Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff on Why Billie Jean King’s Story Needed to Be Told in ‘Give Me the Ball’: ‘We Need Heroes. We Need People Who Have Fought the Hard Fight’
[ad_1] Tennis icon and legend Billie Jean King has had documentaries, articles and even a movie, “Battle of the Sexes,” tell her story. “Give Me the Ball,” which premieres Monday...
‘Rock Springs’ Review: Kelly Marie Tran Stars in an Atmospheric Ghost Story of Literally Unearthed Atrocities
[ad_1] In “Rock Springs,” a newly widowed, grief-addled mother moves with her young daughter to a creaky, remote cottage in the woods of Wyoming, which, as anyone even casually versed...
‘Frank & Louis’ Review: Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan Give Immaculate Performances in a Stoically Moving Story of Prison Care
[ad_1] Life behind bars means death behind bars, and all the pain and frailty that often precedes it — a fate that awaits a good number of America’s incarcerated millions,...
‘Wicker’ Review: Olivia Colman Orders a Man Made of Wood in a Bawdy Fable Perfectly Suited for Anyone Tempted to Marry Their AI Chatbot
[ad_1] In Ursula Wills-Jones’ 2008 short story “The Wicker Husband” (not to be confused with the “The Wicker Man”), an unpleasant fisherwoman in an unenlightened medieval town asks the local...
Will Poulter and Noah Centineo Drug Recovery Drama ‘Union County’ Lands Extended Sundance Standing Ovation
[ad_1] Park City had another crowd-pleasing premiere with Adam Meeks’ “Union County,” which earned a lengthy standing ovation at its Sunday screening at the Eccles Theater. The drama, which stars...
‘Union County’ Review: Will Poulter and Noah Centineo Integrate Seamlessly With a Cast of Recovering Addicts in Low-Key Opioid Portrait
[ad_1] Adam Meeks studied film at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts, where one can imagine the true-to-his-roots filmmaker learning alongside eclectic classmates. Manhattan must have felt like a stark...
Jenna Ortega and Charli XCX Bring Sculpted Neutrals in Mugler and Simon Carle to ‘The Gallerist’ Sundance Premiere
[ad_1] Jenna Ortega and Charli XCX lined up in coordinated beige at “The Gallerist” premiere on Saturday, bringing two very different takes on sculpted neutrals to the Sundance Film Festival...
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on Backing the Sundance Doc ‘Cookie Queens’ and What Being a Girl Scout Taught Her About Business
[ad_1] What’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s, favorite Girl Scout cookie? “Isn’t everyone’s Thin Mints?” Meghan says over Zoom, her eyes glimmering conspiratorially as she adds: “I prefer them crumbled on...
