Shrinking’s Luke Tennie on What He Learned From Series’ Creator Jason Segel
Can the team behind Apple TV+ and Ted Lasso score another creative goal with Shrinking? That’s the plan. The new comedy tracks befuddled, grieving therapist Jimmy (Jason Segel), who suddenly starts breaking rules, telling his clients exactly what’s on his…
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“Nothing Is Wasted in the Process of Documentary Editing”: Editor Jean Rheem on Bad Press
Bad Press, courtesy of Sundance Institute. When the 2015 Free Press Act is repealed, Angel Ellis and her colleagues at Mvskoke Media in Okmulgee, Oklahoma begin a long battle to offer transparent journalism for Muscogee Nation readers. Bad Press, directed…
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Ben Whishaw & Alice Englert Discuss Her Directorial Debut
Actress Alice Englert can now add writer-director to her resumé, after premiering her directorial debut, Bad Behaviour, at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Following in the footsteps of her mother, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, Englert’s feature is a…
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Sherry Cola on Her Scene-Stealing Turn in Randall Park’s Shortcomings
Sherry Cola and I were able to squeeze a phone call for our interview just moments before she had to get ready for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her latest movie Shortcomings. Naturally, it was an exciting day for…
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“Choosing the Perfect Lens for Us Was the Bigger Challenge”: DP André Jäger on The Persian Version
The Persian Version, courtesy of Sundance Institute. When Leila’s (Layla Mohammadi) Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for her father’s heart transplant surgery, a secret that she’s been keeping is unceremoniously spilled. What she wasn’t expecting, however, is learning…
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Teen Wolf Stars Discuss Their Return to Beacon Hills in New Movie
Teen Wolf has had a fascinating history over the past four decades. Following the cheesy Michael J. Fox classic in 1985, a sequel and an animated kids show (The Cartoon Adventures of Teen Wolf) was created before the idea laid…
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How Willem Dafoe Influenced Jasmine Curtis-Smith’s Fairy
Prime Video wasn’t about to let anyone else snatch up In My Mother’s Skin at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Before the movie's January 20th debut, the streamer claimed the global distribution rights to the much-praised Midnight line-up selection. Writer-director…
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“We Initially Imagined It as a Rectangle That From the Left Starts Off Dark, Gray and Gloomy”: Editor Iva Radivojevic on King Coal
In Sundance NEXT selection King Coal, Elaine McMillion Sheldon employs a hybrid approach, blending contemporary imagery with archival material and poetic voiceover to explore the impact that coal — the substance and the industry — has had on Central Appalachia.…
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Maryam Keshavarz Discusses Turning the Lens Towards Herself for The Persian Version
Maryam Keshavarz was coming out of an undoubtedly exciting weekend at Sundance Film Festival when we met over Zoom earlier this week. Her latest film, The Persian Version, had just made its premiere as part of the festival's U.S. Dramatic…
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Gael García Bernal Details His Lucha Libre Training for Cassandro
Now that the 2023 Sundance Film Festival is over I can say this with the utmost certainty — Cassandro was my favorite film of the festival. Gael García Bernal delivers a pitch-perfect performance bringing Saúl Armendáriz’s story to screen in…
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Joe Cornish on His Netflix Series Lockwood & Co. and Attack the Block 2
Joe Cornish is a talented man. A Jack (or Joe) of all trades, Cornish began his career with several hilarious projects alongside his comedic partner Adam Buxton, including radio shows and their lo-fi, whimsical Adam and Joe Show on Channel…
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“Most Films Go Through What I Call an Accordion Process:” Editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts on Victim/Suspect
Below, editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts discuss their work on Nancy Schwartzman’s Sundance-premiering Netflix documentary, Victim/Suspect, her follow-up to the doc Roll Red Roll. The film deals with alleged victims rape and sexual assault who find themselves on the…
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