“Creative Storytelling Needs Rather Simple Tools”: Editors Tushar Prakash and Hendrik Mägar on Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, courtesy of Sundance Institute In Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, the hazy and intimate doc from Estonian director Anna Hints, a group of women bear body and soul for the camera as they engage in lengthy shvitzes and discuss…
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Jacqueline Castel Talks Exploring Uncharted Horror Territory with My Animal
My Animal made its premiere at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah earlier this week, but for director Jacqueline Castel, the journey actually started in China. Indeed, in our phone interview leading up to the festival, Castel talked about…
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The Persian Version Director on the Filmmaking Technique That Terrified Her
It’s no wonder The Persian Version won the Audience Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It’s the best kind of crowd pleaser, one with a big heart that’s loaded with good vibes and energy, but also one with a…
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Maybe I Do Stars Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey Team Up in Second Rom-Com
Holidate stars Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey are back together in another fun romantic comedy, and what a multiverse it is, starring rom-com royalty Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, and Susan Sarandon. Director and writer Michael Jacobs (Boy Meets World, Girl…
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“…Feminist Thought and Knowledge of Bodies With a Vulva Have Been Suppressed Over and Over Again”: Editor Eileen Meyer on The Disappearance of Shere Hite
The Disappearance Of Shere Hite, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Still one of the bestselling books of all time since its publication in 1976, The Hite Report offered a groundbreaking look at women’s sexual desires through anonymous survey responses. Despite its…
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Director Brad Anderson Crafts a Disturbing Narrative in Blood
The new film Blood features a desperate mother resorting to drastic measures to save her dying child. Michelle Monaghan plays Jess, a recently separated, recovering drug addict who moves her young daughter and son into a rural farm house. Owen…
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Fremont Cast & Director Discuss the Inspiration Behind the Sundance Film
Director Babak Jalali’s Sundance feature, Fremont, is a restless immigrant tale that captures a sense of longing for a home left behind, and the human search for connection. Filmed in stark black and white, and often zeroed in on the…
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“I Consider Myself a Sensitive Person”: Editor Carolina Siraqyan on The Eternal Memory
The Eternal Memory, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The Eternal Memory, the latest from Chilean documentary filmmaker Maite Alberdi, follows a couple on a difficult journey after husband Augusto is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. They have been married for 25 years, and…
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The Cast of Extraordinary on Their Heartwarming New Superpower Comedy
One person can turn back time. Another has the power to channel the dead. Meanwhile, another dude can move his body through walls. In a world where everybody has a superpower, being “extraordinary” is, well, quite ordinary. Welcome to the…
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MCU’s First Trans Actor Zoe Terakes Talks Making History at Marvel
Home TV News MCU’s First Trans Actor Zoe Terakes Talks Making History at Marvel "We belong there with the big guys." During an exclusive interview with Collider’s own Perri Nemiroff in Park City during Sundance, Ironheart series star Zoe Terakes…
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“The Best Tool for Capturing Human Behavior”: Editors Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aretryck on Fantastic Machine
Fantastic Machine, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Co-directors, cinematographers, producers and editors Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aretryck embark on a meticulous dissection of “image-making and a mapping of its movement through society” in Fantastic Machine, the duo’s documentary that utilizes…
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Máiréad Tyers on Extraordinary, Hulu’s Inventive New Comedy
At first glance, Hulu’s new series Extraordinary may look like half of Friends but with a perky pet, and just as fun. Jen, Carrie, and Kash are 20-something London flatmates with a mysterious stray cat named Jizzlord. But there’s more…
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