Sundance
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Why ‘Alice’ Star Keke Palmer Found Playing the Film’s Enslaved Lead Character ‘Empowering’ (Video)
Sundance 2022: “It was done from a place of yes, this happened, but I’m strong, I will survive and you won’t take my spirit,” Palmer says about the film
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‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ With Emma Thompson Nabbed by Searchlight Pictures
Sundance 2022: Sophie Hyde directs the comedy and drama that also stars Daryl McCormack and will stream on Hulu
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How Lena Dunham and Her ‘Sharp Stick’ Cast Embraced the ‘Toxic’ and ‘Messy’ Aspects of Women’s Lives (Video)
Sundance 2022: Dunham’s first feature in 12 years tells the story of a “woman on a judgement-free sexual journey”
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How Rory Kennedy Hopes to Prevent Another Fatal Plane Crash With ‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’ (Video)
Sundance 2022: Kennedy’s documentary explores the fatal missteps that cost more than 300 lives
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Why ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ Directors Didn’t Want a ‘Behind the Music’ Type Documentary (Video)
Sundance 2022: “We wanted to make something that lives and breathes and makes you feel like you had been dropped into that time,” Dylan Southern says
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How a Firefighter-Turned-Filmmaker Gained Access to a Terrorist Rehab Center in ‘Jihad Rehab’ (Video)
Sundance 2022: “I think because of my time in Yemen, one thing I realized living there is the way to get something done is usually not to go through official channels, it’s through back channeling,” Meg Smaker tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
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Bill Nighy’s ‘Living’ Finds New Life at Sony Classics
Sundance 2022: Oliver Hermanus’ film re-imagines Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic “Ikiru”
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How Filmmakers of ‘The Janes’ Documentary Confront Today’s Abortion Debate Through a 1960s Lens (Video)
Sundance 2022: “These were ordinary women turned outlaws,” co-director Tia Lessin says. “What better story is there than that?”
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Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ With Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul Sells to RLJE Films in 7-Figure Deal
The futuristic dark comedy premiered at Sundance and will be released theatrically later in 2022
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How ‘Master’ Director Mariama Diallo Shocked Regina Hall With Her Horror Script (Video)
Sundance 2022: In her film “Master,” writer-director Diallo explores entrenched racism via two Black women living through a nightmare on a college campus
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The Sundance Blues: Good Films Can’t Overcome a Muted Virtual Festival
Sundance 2020: This year was supposed to be a triumphant return to an in-person festival, but the pandemic other plans
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‘2nd Chance’ Director on Making a Doc About an Inventor Who Shot Himself Almost 200 Times (Video)
Sundance 2022: “There were moments when I pressed him a few times to get him to reveal something that factually, I knew was true,” filmmaker Ramin Bahrani tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond
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Why ‘After Yang’ Star Colin Farrell Was ‘Haunted’ by Writer-Director Kogonada’s Script (Video)
Sundance 2022: Kogonada’s film focuses on love, loss and connection through A.I. robots and technology
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‘Am I OK?’ Film Review: Dakota Johnson Questions a Few Shades of Sexuality in Warmhearted Buddy Comedy
Sundance 2022: Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne make their directorial debut with a crowd-pleaser that has some moments of hesitation
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‘Navalny,’ About Russian Opposition Leader, Added as Surprise Film to Sundance Lineup
Daniel Roher directs the documentary that will premiere Tuesday in competition at the virtual festival
