Sundance 2023: ’20 Days in Mariupol’ wins Sundance audience award

Sundance 2023: ’20 Days in Mariupol’ wins Sundance audience award

This image released by the Sundance Institute shows Evgeniy Maloletka in a scene from ‘20 Days in Mariupol,’ an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” a first-person account of the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, won the audience […]

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Sundance 2023: ‘A Thousand and One’ wins Sundance grand jury prize

Sundance 2023: ‘A Thousand and One’ wins Sundance grand jury prize

“A Thousand and One,” a drama about an impoverished single mother and her son in New York City, won the Sundance Film Festival’s grand jury prize in the U.S. dramatic competition, while “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” was awarded the top prize in the U.S. documentary category. This year’s winners were announced at […]

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Sundance 2023: Brooke Shields examines her life, fame in doc ‘Pretty Baby’

Sundance 2023: Brooke Shields examines her life, fame in doc ‘Pretty Baby’

Brooke Shields reveals that she was the victim of a sexual assault in a new documentary about her life that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She doesn’t name the man who she said raped her, but she described the circumstances: It took place soon after she graduated college with someone she knew professionally and […]

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Sundance 2023: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich star in sexy corporate thriller ‘Fair Play’

Sundance 2023: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich star in sexy corporate thriller ‘Fair Play’

The fire emoji was a common sight in tweets about the new corporate thriller “Fair Play,” which debuted Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie follows two ambitious analysts at a cutthroat hedge fund, played by “Bridgerton’s” Phoebe Dynevor and “Solo’s” Alden Ehrenreich, who are also in a passionate and secret relationship. Several steamy […]

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Sundance 2023: In ‘Shortcomings,’ a chance for nuanced AAPI representation

Sundance 2023: In ‘Shortcomings,’ a chance for nuanced AAPI representation

Randall Park, third from right, the director of ‘Shortcomings,’ poses with cast members, from left, Timothy Simons, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Justin H. Min and Debby Ryan at the premiere of the film at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival | Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello Randall Park was a struggling actor when he first encountered Adrian […]

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Sundance 2023: Anne Hathaway, Thomasin McKenzie anchor stylish adaptation of ‘Eileen’

Sundance 2023: Anne Hathaway, Thomasin McKenzie anchor stylish adaptation of ‘Eileen’

Anne Hathaway, left, and Thomas McKenzie, cast members in ‘Eileen,’ pose together at the premiere of the film at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival | Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello Eileen, the title character of Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel, is a strange young woman with a vivid, sensual, and sometimes dangerous imagination. Her actual life, however, […]

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Sundance 2023: After two virtual years, film festival returns to the mountains

Sundance 2023: After two virtual years, film festival returns to the mountains

Randall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he didn’t have a project there. But the “Fresh Off the Boat” star never imagined that his first time would be as a director and not as an actor. His adaptation of “Shortcomings,” Adrian Tomine’s graphic […]

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