Saint Omer Star Guslagie Malanga on Playing an Infamous Murderess
One of the most haunting performances of 2022 came about in a very peculiar way. Guslagie Malanga had only starred in one film from 2014, and went on to earn an Art History degree and become an art curator in…
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“Emanuele Asked Me to ‘Undertake the Journey’ With Him”: Editor Clelio Benevento on L’Immensità
L'Immensità, courtesy of Sundance Institute. After premiering at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, Italian director Emanuele Crialese’s latest feature L’Immensità makes its way Sundance in the festival’s “Spotlight” section. Co-written by Crialese alongside Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni, the film…
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Koala Man Showrunners Flex Their Creative Muscles in Hulu’s New Animated Comedy
Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit are showing off their creative superpowers this week. The ambitious showrunners of Koala Man, their new animated comedy series from creator Michael Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy), just dropped on Hulu. Quirky and free-spirited, the show…
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“We Needed To Embrace a Certain Amount of Ugliness”: DP Dustin Lane on Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Daisy Ridley stars in Sometimes I Think About Dying, directed by Rachel Lambert and co-written by Kevin Armento, Stefanie Abel Horowitz and Katy Wright-Mead. Ridley plays Fran, an office worker who,…
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There’s Something Wrong with the Children’s Alisha Wainwright Talks Starring in the New Psychological Thriller
There's Something Wrong with the Children, the new supernatural thriller from Blumhouse, follows Margaret (Alisha Wainwright, Raising Dion) and Ben (Zach Gilford, The Purge: Anarchy) as they spend the weekend at a cabin with their longtime friends Ellie (Amanda Crew,…
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“A Foray Into the Heart of Different Family Dynamics”: Editor Anouk Deschênes on The Longest Goodbye
The Longest Goodbye. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) While the prospect of traveling on a years-long expedition to Mars might seem like an alien scenario to most, Ido Mizrahy’s documentary The Longest Goodbye argues that we may have more in common…
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“I Wanted To Make Sure the Film Felt Lived In”: Editor Ryan Kendrick on Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The depressing atmosphere of cubicle culture permeates Sometimes I Think About Dying, Rachel Lambert’s latest directorial effort. At least until a charming new hire begins to break down the defenses of…
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The Cast of Hunters Discuss the Show’s Epic Final Season
Knowing that there are neo-Nazis out in the real world like the character of Travis Leach in Prime Video’s Hunters series is one thing but portraying such a character on screen is another. Greg Austin so wickedly morphed into treacherous…
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“I Wanted To Take a Closer Look at How People Shut Down”: Veerle Baetens on When It Melts
When It Melts, courtesy of Sundance Institute. It’s somehow been a decade since Veerle Baetens was named best European actress for her incandescent, heart-wrenching turn in The Broken Circle Breakdown. As a bluegrass-loving tattoo artist gradually obliterated by tragedy, Baetens’…
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Koala Man Creator on How The Simpsons and Spider-Man Influenced His New Animated Series
Saving kittens in peril and posting no-dog-poop signs around the neighborhood isn’t the most glamorous job, but for somebody like Kevin, it’s heaven. In Koala Man, Hulu’s clever new animated series, middle-aged Kevin (voiced by Aussie Michael Cusack who also…
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“In the Desert, There Were Challenges We Couldn’t Foresee”: DP Boaz Freund on The Longest Goodbye
The Longest Goodbye. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) The inherent loneliness of deep space exploration is the foundation of The Longest Goodbye, filmmaker Ido Mizrahy’s latest documentary. Particularly as it concerns NASA’s looming deadline to have a mission blast off to…
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“We Hope That This Film and Its Female Narrative Will Echo the Voice of Iranian Women”: Editor Elika Rezaee on Shayda
Shayda courtesy of Sundance Institute. Elika Rezaee understood that signing on to edit Shayda, the deeply personal narrative debut from writer-director Noora Niasari, would require the utmost sensitivity. The film mines from Niasari’s lived experiences, following the titular character as she…
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