Hunters Creator David Weil and Star Logan Lerman Unpack the Wildly Explosive Final Season
Adolf Hitler is still alive. Meyer Offerman duped everybody—he was a Nazi doctor in hiding all along. Then came his surprising death. Those were the major reveals at the end of the first season of Hunters three long years ago.…
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“I Opted for a Low-key Chiaroscuro Look”: DP Sherwin Akbarzadeh on Shayda
Shayda courtesy of Sundance Institute. Writer-director Noora Niasari’s debut feature, Shayda, is a deeply personal tale of trauma and tenacity. With a script mining from Niasari’s lived experiences, the film centers on the titular character Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), an…
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The Dragon Knight EP Discusses Season 2 of the Netflix Series
Everybody is Kung Fu fighting over at Netflix as the streaming service is about to drop the second season of Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. The season has Master Po (Jack Black) traveling the globe on the hunt for…
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“For This Project, I Had a Collection of Over 1000 Images of Penélope Cruz”: DP Gergely Pohárnok on L’Immensità
DP Gergely Pohárnok behind the scenes of L'Immensità. The fifth feature from Emanuele Crialese, L’Immensità, is a semi-autobiographical family drama that takes place amid the backdrop of ’70s Rome. The film premiered earlier this year at the Venice International Film…
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“With This Film, It Came Full Circle”: Editor Ron Patane on The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation. Photo credit: Andrij Parekh, courtesy of Sundance Institute. In The Pod Generation, the third feature film from French-American director Sophie Barthes, the process of pregnancy and birth has been offloaded from human bodies, relegated to artificial pods…
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Director Antonino D’Ambrosio Discusses His Powerful Roberta Flack Documentary
The life and creative genius of the legendary Roberta Flack comes to life in the captivating new documentary Roberta, which premieres at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 7. Audiences can also catch it on the long-running PBS…
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“The Cinema Gods Smiled Upon Us”: DP Andrij Parekh on The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation. Photo credit: Andrij Parekh, courtesy of Sundance Institute. In the not-so-far-flung future, a New York Couple (played by Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor) manage to snag a spot at the coveted Womb Center, which offers conveniently detachable…
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Paul T. Goldman Director Jason Woliner Discusses the Making and Meaning of His Mind-Melting Comedy
"The villain of a documentary is the filmmaker." So says Jason Woliner anyway, and in many ways he's right. Even if the documentarian isn't a villain, per se, they are a dictator of sorts. Ultimately, 'the truth' of what gets…
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“A Narrative That Exposes the Horror of Losing One’s Autonomy”: Editor Taylor Mason on birth/rebirth
birth/rebirth, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Chananun Chotrungroj. Director Laura Moss’s feature debut birth/rebirth is laden with horror references, which was a principal reason for editor Taylor Mason vying for the gig. The film is essentially a modern retelling…
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Nia Long Applauds Storm Reid, and Reid’s Mom
Home Interviews 'Missing's Nia Long Applauds Storm Reid, and Reid's Mom "You know mom is in there guiding the ship and pouring all the nuggets into her that she needs to become the woman that she is today." The Searching…
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Wildcat Directors Discuss the Film’s Grueling Four-Year Production in the Rainforest
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit," wrote Edward Abbey in the book Desert Solitaire. There are some people who, faced with the chaos and industrialization of the modern world, retreat into that proverbial 'wild,'…
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“The Real Violence and Danger Women Sometimes Go Through When Giving Birth”: DP Chananun Chotrungroj on birth/rebirth
birth/rebirth, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Chananun Chotrungroj. A modern-day, female-focused retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Laura Moss’s birth/rebirth refuses to flinch when it comes to portraying the bloody viscera of the birthing process. The film follows a maternity…
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