Lauren London & Kenya Barris Discuss the Film’s Authenticity
Netflix’s upcoming film, You People, is director Kenya Barris’ debut feature-length project after serving as showrunner for ABC’s Black-ish. Co-written with star Jonah Hill, the movie is a romantic comedy that turns the genre on its head when Hill’s Ezra…
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Matt Reeves Looks Back at Cloverfield for 15th Anniversary and 4K Ultra HD Steelbook Release
It’s been 15 years since the cast of Cloverfield gathered for a farewell party, only to be interrupted by a monster so ferocious that it’s capable of decapitating the head of the Statue of Liberty, hurling it hundreds of meters…
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“A Progressive Set of Best Practices That Evolves With the Industry”: The Documentary Cinematographers Alliance
Eden Wurmfeld, Julia Liu, Jenni Morello and Nelson Walker at DCA's Sundance panel. Photo credit: Nausheen Dadabhoy. Despite its recent formation during the fall of 2021, the Documentary Cinematographers Alliance has already put forth a comprehensive guideline of “best practices”…
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Jillian Bell and Joshua Leonard Discuss Hulu’s The Drop, Possibly the Best Wedding Disaster Film of the Season
Nothing like a dark comedy about a wannabe mom accidentally dropping her friend’s baby to liven up your winter viewing. It all goes down in Hulu's The Drop, a well-crafted comedic tale from the minds of Sarah Adina Smith (Birds…
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Storm Reid on Feeling Inspired By Zendaya and Headlining Missing
Do you know who made the absolute most out of her Hollywood breakout opportunity? Storm Reid. Not only is she exceptional in Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, but ever since, she’s been scooping up a wide variety…
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On the Come Up Star Jamila C. Gray on Playing a Rapper
Meet Brianna Jackson, a 16-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle scene by storm to lift up her family and the legacy of her father — a local hip hop legend whose career was cut short by gang…
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“I Was Blind to My Own Blackness by Apartheid’s Design”: Milisuthando Bongela on Milisuthando
Milisuthando, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The self-described South African “writer, editor, cultural worker and artist”—and now debut feature filmmaker—Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid. Yet she also didn’t, at least not within the straightforward narrative of having witnessed a racist…
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Gerard Butler and Mike Colter Discuss Their Action-Packed Thriller Plane
Imagine surviving an emergency plane landing (after being struck by lightning), only to get taken hostage on a war-torn island. Well, you don't have to use your imagination here as Director Jean-François Richet (The Emperor of Paris, Blood Father) alongside…
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“This Film Is Not Just for Disabled People, It Is for Anyone Who’s Ever Felt ‘Other'”: Ella Glendining on Is There Anybody Out There?
Is There Anybody Out There?, courtesy of Sundance Institute. While many non-white, non-straight folks have long lamented underrepresentation in cinema, Ella Glendining has literally never seen anyone that looks like her on-screen—or off-screen, for that matter. (Yes, other similarly bodied…
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“I Realized That a Sauna Is Not Just for Cleaning the Body, but Also the Soul”: Anna Hints on Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, courtesy of Sundance Institute Debuting January 22 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is an intimate look at a tradition that UNESCO has added to its “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of…
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There’s Something Wrong With The Children Star Amanda Crew Discusses the New Supernatural Thriller
The new supernatural thriller There's Something Wrong with the Children follows Ellie (Amanda Crew, Silicon Valley) and Thomas (Carlos Santos, Gentefied), and their two children Lucy (Briella Guiza), and Spencer (Briella Guiza) (David Mattle) as they spend the weekend at…
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“Independent Media Can Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty”: Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler on Bad Press
Bad Press, courtesy of Sundance Institute. While freedom of the press has certainly been a newsworthy topic these past few years, those of us in the US can at least take comfort in (i.e., take for granted) the fact that…
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