Sunrise Director Andrew Baird Explores Vampires and Racism

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Sunrise Director Andrew Baird Explores Vampires and Racism

In Sunrise, a former cop (Alex Pettyfer) is transformed into a bloodthirsty vampire after a savage attack. Soon, he finds himself defending an Asian widower and her children from Reynolds (Guy Pearce), a brutal white supremacist. Sunrise director Andrew Baird…

“Retain the Depth and the Breadth of This Community”: Editor Nathan Punwar on Sugarcane

Still from Sugarcane. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by Emily Kassie Tackling a timely but under-discussed contemporary issue in both the United States and Canada, journalists Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie (A Girl Named C) investigate a string…

Jake Johnson’s Feature Directorial Debut Was Inspired by A Japanese Reality Show

[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Self Reliance.] The Big Picture Actor Jake Johnson reflects on the cancellation of 'Minx' and the importance of finding an audience. Johnson was inspired by a Japanese reality show to create the film…

“Stay True to Your Gut”: Producer Mari Bakke Riise on A New Kind of Wilderness

A New Kind of Wilderness Photo by Maria Gros Vatne. When the Payne family experiences a personal tragedy, they must leave the home they love in the remote Norwegian wilderness and enmesh themselves in the society they once felt so…

“The Millennial Decline That’s Taking Place in the Present Moment”: Theda Hammel on Stress Positions

John Early in Stress Positions Premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Stress Positions—the feature debut from writer, director and star Theda Hammel—takes place during the not-so-distant summer of 2020. While this setting immediately evokes…

The ‘Destroy All Neighbors’ Team Calls the Film a “Stupid Thing Taken Seriously”

The Big Picture The film Destroy All Neighbors is a splatterfest made more enjoyable by its real and tangible visuals. The film's small but mighty team including director Josh Forbes and stars Jonah Ray Rodrigues and Alex Winter make it…

Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff Put Real Relationship Woes Into New Film, Which Brings Me to You

Love hurts. Love is kind. Love is (insert Paul's epistles here). In a new film titled Which Brings Me to You, love is certainly complicated. It's a tale led by two young Hollywood talents, the striking Lucy Hale and the…

“Me Being There by Myself Led to More Authentic and Intimate Situations”: DP Silje Evensmo Jacobsen on A New Kind of Wilderness

A New Kind of Wilderness Photo by Maria Gros Vatne. Director Silje Evensmo Jacobsen also served as the primary cinematographer on her documentary A New Kind of Wilderness, premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the World Documentary Competition.…

Sunrise Director Andrew Baird Explores Vampires and Racism

“Retain the Depth and the Breadth of This Community”: Editor Nathan Punwar on Sugarcane

Jake Johnson’s Feature Directorial Debut Was Inspired by A Japanese Reality Show

“Stay True to Your Gut”: Producer Mari Bakke Riise on A New Kind of Wilderness

“The Millennial Decline That’s Taking Place in the Present Moment”: Theda Hammel on Stress Positions

The ‘Destroy All Neighbors’ Team Calls the Film a “Stupid Thing Taken Seriously”

Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff Put Real Relationship Woes Into New Film, Which Brings Me to You

“Me Being There by Myself Led to More Authentic and Intimate Situations”: DP Silje Evensmo Jacobsen on A New Kind of Wilderness

Devin Druid and Founders Day Director Erik Bloomquist Unpack Their Gavel-Killing Horror Comedy

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